The president said, "I will not attend the impeachment trial on the 14th due to concerns over personal safety."

2025.01.12. AM 11:15
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President Yoon Suk Yeol has announced that he will not attend the impeachment trial scheduled for the 14th on the first hearing date.Yoon Gap-geun, a lawyer for President Yoon

, said, "We cannot guarantee our personal safety and we are concerned about accidents."

He added that it is not safe because the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and the police are trying to re-execute arrest warrants, and that he will be present at any time when the problem is resolved.

The Constitutional Court has decided to hold five trials until the 16th, 21st, 23rd, and 4th of next month after starting its first hearing on the 14th.




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