Pres. Yoon's impeachment trial to continue this week

The Constitutional Court plans to hold two additional hearings this week for President Yoon Suk Yeol's impeachment trial, but it's unclear whether the last session on Thursday will be rescheduled as his team requested.

The Court set the tenth hearing date for Thursday at 2 PM, where three witnesses will be questioned starting with Prime Minister Han Duck-soo.

Han previously said that the president had not held a proper cabinet meeting before declaring martial law.

Former Deputy Directory of the National Intelligence Service Hong Jang-won was summoned last week by the National Assembly's side but will return to be questioned by Yoon's legal team. Hong claims there was a list of figures the President wanted to arrest under martial law.

National Police Agency Commissioner General Cho Ji-ho will be questioned by both sides, after missing two witness sessions for health reasons.

Yoon's lawyers have filed a petition to change the date of the 10th hearing, arguing for more time as the president is also preparing for criminal trial proceedings which begin on Thursday.