SEOUL: Arguments are due to begin in a South Korean court on Tuesday (Jan 14) in a trial to decide the fate of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached after his short-lived bid to impose martial law threw the country into the worst political chaos in decades.
However, the Constitutional Court session is likely to be cut short as Yoon, who has been holed up in his hillside villa in Seoul, is not expected to attend, with more substantive arguments likely in the next session scheduled for Thursday.
The Constitutional Court must decide within 180 days whether to remove Yoon from office or restore his presidential powers.