{"id":52597,"date":"2025-01-13T06:49:36","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/s-korean-president-not-to-attend-impeachment-trial-hearing-due-to-safety\/"},"modified":"2025-01-13T06:50:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T06:50:37","slug":"s-korean-president-not-to-attend-impeachment-trial-hearing-due-to-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/s-korean-president-not-to-attend-impeachment-trial-hearing-due-to-safety\/","title":{"rendered":"S. Korean President not to attend  impeachment trial hearing due to safety concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Yoon\u2019s lawyer, Yun Gap-geun, expressed fears over potential security risks, citing efforts by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and the National Office of Investigation (NOI) to arrest the impeached president.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon\u2019s legal team emphasized that the president would only attend the trial once these safety issues are addressed. <\/p>\n<p>The constitutional court is set to begin hearings on January 14, with additional sessions planned for January 16, 21, 23, and February 4.<\/p>\n<p>The impeachment motion, passed by the National Assembly on December 14, 2024, suspended Yoon\u2019s presidential powers for up to 180 days while the court deliberates. <\/p>\n<p>Yoon, who faces charges related to insurrection, declared martial law on December 3, which was overturned by the assembly. <\/p>\n<p>Despite a failed attempt to arrest him on January 3, a Seoul court has since extended the warrant for his apprehension.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-80125\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg\" alt=\"Protesters in favor of the impeachment of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol shout slogans &quot;Immediate Arrest&quot; during a rally near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 12, 2025. South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial, scheduled for Tuesday, for safety concerns, Yoon&#039;s defense counsel said Sunday. (Photo by Jun Hyosang\/Xinhua)\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol will not attend the first hearing of his impeachment trial scheduled for Tuesday due to ongoing safety concerns, his defense counsel confirmed on Sunday. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":2000080124,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-52597","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000080124,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/vqmh6f2iz7y539gc.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52597","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52597"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52597\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000080124"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52597"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52597"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52597"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=52597"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=52597"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}