A court said Tuesday it will deliver its verdict next month on whether former President Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice by blocking investigators from detaining him over his short-lived imposition of martial law. The sentencing hearing will be held Jan. 16, the bench overseeing his trial at the Seoul Central District Court said, citing a law that requires the first ruling to be delivered within six months of an indictment by the special counsel team that investigated his case. It will be the first verdict from the four cases Yoon is standing trial for in connection with his December 2024 declaration of martial law. Also, it will come two days before his arrest period expires. Yoon has been indicted on charges of obstruction of justice, violating the rights of nine Cabinet members who were not called to a meeting to review his martial law plan, drafting and destroying a revised proclamation after the decree was lifted, and ordering the deletion of secure phone records. The indictments were filed by special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team on July 17. The bench said it plans to conclude hearing