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.

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Constitutional Court will rule Friday on whether to dismiss impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The opposition-controlled National Assembly in December voted to impeach Yoon over his short-lived martial law decree that plunged South Korea into political turmoil.

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,