There is also interest in whether President Yoon, who is undergoing a warrant review, will appear in court in person. The Seoul Western District Court has two judges in charge of warrants, but the judge on duty is not available because it is the weekend.
President Yoon will decide whether the arrest is justified. Considering the normal warrant review schedule, the results of the warrant review for President Yoon are expected to be announced as early as the early hours of the 19th.
However, it may take longer considering that he is the incumbent president. The last time an arrest warrant was reviewed, it took 33 hours from request to issuance.
On the 3rd of last month, President Yoon, in collusion with former Minister of National Defense Kim Young-hyun and others, declared an unconstitutional and illegal state of emergency and ordered the deployment of military and police forces to the National Assembly and the Central Election Commission.
The suspects are suspected of causing a riot by rioting and other means. Attention is focused on whether President Yoon will personally attend the warrant review. President Yoon attended the Seoul Central District Court arrest warrant review held the previous day.
Kim did not attend the hearing, nor has he attended the investigation by the Public Prosecutors' Office. An arrest warrant was previously requested for Kim on suspicion of playing a key role in the civil unrest, but the warrant was issued for him without attending the substantive review.
2025/01/20 09:38 KST
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