Yoon's impeachment trial to review conflicting testimonies after Lunar New Year holiday

President Yoon's impeachment trial is now halfway into the proceedings.

It resumes next Tuesday, and that trial hearing will include testimonies from three key witnesses, to Yoon's martial law decree.

Our Oh Soo-young has more.

The Constitutional Court will resume President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial, following a break for the Lunar New Year holidays.

According to legal sources, the Constitutional Court will hold Yoon's fifth hearing on Tuesday at 2 PM.

This will mark the fifth hearing in the case, with a focus on questioning key witnesses requested by the National Assembly, which is arguing for Yoon's impeachment.

Beginning at 2:30 PM, three witnesses will each undergo 90 minutes of questioning.

Lee Jin-woo, former Commander of the Capital Defense Command, and Yeo In-hyung, former chief of Military Counterintelligence Command, have both been arrested as key figures implicated in the execution of martial law.

Lee reportedly received calls from President Yoon to drag out legislators from parliament to stop them from voting to lift martial law, while Yeo was in charge of searching and seizing the National Election Commission.

Former intelligence official Hong Jang-won will also testify.

Hong has already said he received orders including from the President to "totally round up and clean up" political opponents.

During the previous hearing, Yoon denied he gave such orders.

Also, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun testified that the President meant for military members to be pulled out of the Assembly, not the members of parliament.

As justices cross-examine the witnesses and their conflicting testimonies, the panel can ask their own questions during the session.

Yoon is likely to attend every trial hearing, and also question witnesses himself as he did in the previous hearing.

With four hearings left until February 13th for now, the timing of the verdict is still unclear.

Observers say the earliest verdict could come by the end of February, but could be delayed if justices approve more witnesses requested by Yoon's side.

They could also postpone the hearings considering the pace of Yoon's criminal trial.

Justices have been emphasizing they will hold swift trial proceedings, given the magnitude of the President's impeachment case and its impact on the country.

Most believe a decision will be made before two justices step down from the panel in April when their tenures expire.

Oh Soo-young, Arirang News.