South Korea’s Yoon will not attend first impeachment trial hearing, local media reports, citing lawyer

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will not attend the first hearing of his trial due to safety concerns, with his lawyer citing illegal arrest warrants and security issues. The Constitutional Court hearing, set for Tuesday, comes after a failed attempt to arrest Yoon over his martial law imposition. Yoon’s actions have sparked a major political crisis in South Korea and impacted the country’s economic growth.

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