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South Korea’s Constitutional Court has confirmed that it will hold the first session of oral arguments regarding the trial and impeachment of President Yoon Seok-yul on January 14, having completed its preparatory procedures..
Judge Lee Mi-sun indicated that the first argument session will be held at 2 pm on January 14, when legal representatives of President Yoon and the National Assembly met to hold the second preparatory hearing for Yoon’s trial..
The session will be held one month after the National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon on December 14 over the imposition of martial law early last month..
The court decided to hold the next session of the trial arguments on the 16th of the same month in case Yoon does not attend the first session..
The court explained that it informed the defendant (President Yoon) of the specific dates for the five sessions of oral pleas, which are January 14, 16, 21, and 24, and February 4, indicating that plea sessions twice a day. a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays, except for the Lunar New Year holiday at the end of January.
Source: Agencies