Following months of deliberation, South Korea’s Constitutional Court will decide this week whether to uphold the legislature’s impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law in December and formally remove him from office or restore his presidential powers.

President Yoon Suk-yeol will not attend the Constitutional Court’s ruling on his impeachment trial set for April 4, his lawyers announced on April 3. Citing security concerns and the need to maintain order,