South Korea's Yoon Impeachment Trial

Impeachment trial of South Korea's Yoon adjourned after he does not attend
South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes on Tuesday, after the embattled leader did not attend court.
With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate
The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law was justified.
South Korea: Constitutional Court adjourns impeachment hearing as President Yoon Suk Yeol fails to appear
Although his failure to attend – which his team have blamed on purported safety concerns – forced a procedural adjournment, the hearings will continue without Yoon, with the next set for Thursday
Trial of South Korea's impeached President Yoon set to begin
The trial of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was set to start on Tuesday with oral arguments over his short-lived bid to impose martial law which threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades.
Top aide of impeached South Korean president pleads for investigators to halt detention efforts
The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has pleaded with law enforcement to abandon their efforts to detain him over last month’s martial law imposition, as authorities prepared a second att
South Korea's Yoon Impeachment Trial: What Could Happen?
The impeachment trial of South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol begins on Tuesday to decide the former star prosecutor's fate after his short-lived martial law decree.
1st formal hearing of Yoon's impeachment trial
Yoon's impeachment trial Kim Yi-su (C), a lawyer representing the National Assembly, meets the press at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 14, 2025, before attending the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law,
Constitutional Court begins Yoon's impeachment trial, president absent for safety
The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first formal hearing of President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial Tuesday with Yoon absent from the proceedings out of safety concerns.
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