Today is the first hearing day of President Yoon's impeachment trial.notice of non-attendance

[Anchor]
The first hearing of Yoon Suk Yeol's presidential impeachment trial will be held today at the Constitutional Court.

However, as President Yoon expressed his intention not to attend, the first trial is expected to be virtually idle.

There is a reporter on the scene. Reporter Kwon Junsu!

[Reporter]
Yes, the Constitutional Court.

[Anchor]
The hearing day begins this afternoon, right?

[Reporter]
Yes, the first hearing of President Yoon's impeachment case will begin at 2 p.m. in the Constitutional Court's grand judgment.

It's been a month since the case was filed last month.

Unlike the preparation date, all eight judges will attend the first hearing date.

President Yoon, a party to the impeachment trial, must appear on the hearing date, but it is not an obligation.

As the deadline was rescheduled when he was absent, the trial is expected to end early after confirming the absence of President Yoon in today's first argument.

Earlier, President Yoon said he was concerned about personal safety and mishaps due to attempts to arrest the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit, and said he would go out whenever the problem was resolved.

[Anchor]
President Yoon has filed an application to avoid the judge, but the Constitutional Court will hold a related discussion this morning?

[Reporter]
Yes,

President Yoon Suk Yeol has filed an application for challenge against a constitutional judge in the political line who is hearing the impeachment trial case.

The chairman of the foundation where Justice Chung's spouse works, Kim Yi-soo, the representative of the National Assembly's impeachment, said,
The reason is that Justice
has a career in the Korean Law Research Association, a group of progressive judges.

{President Yoon's side filed an objection, saying it was unfair for the Constitutional Court to set the date of pleading up to five times at once,

The Constitutional Court will hold a meeting of judges from 10 a.m. a little later to discuss related matters such as applications for challenge.

The next 2nd pleading date is on the 16th, two days later.

From this point on, it is expected that the hearing process in which both sides' arguments come and go without President Yoon will begin in earnest.

So far, I'm YTN Kwon Junsu at the Constitutional Court.

a photographer; Kim Ja-young