President Yoon Suk Yeol will not attend the first formal hearing in his impeachment trial this week out of concerns for his safety, his lawyer said Sunday.
Yun Gap-geun, Yoon's defense attorney, made the announcement as the Constitutional Court will hold its first oral arguments on Yoon's impeachment on Tuesday.
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