Overview

• The Seoul Central District Court held the fourth consecutive hearing of the insurrection trial in Yoon Suk Yeol’s absence on August 11 after a two-week summer recess.
• The court decided to proceed in absentia and stated that any disadvantages from Yoon’s nonattendance will be his responsibility.
• Judges warned they could use force to bring Yoon to future hearings, although the Seoul Detention Center has raised safety and human rights concerns.
• Yoon has declined trial appearances since his second incarceration on July 10, citing deteriorating health after his failed martial law declaration.
• Special counsel investigators recently attempted to remove Yoon from detention to question him over alleged election interference involving him and his wife, Kim Keon-hee.