S Korea impeached president arrested after investigators scale walls
They cut through barbed wires and braved freezing temperatures to reach Yoon, ending a weeks-long standoff.
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After a weeks-long confrontation, South Korea’s impeached president Yoon is detained
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.ABC News - 10h -
South Korea’s President Yoon arrested after stand-off with police
Predawn raid on impeached leader’s compound marks latest twist in political crisis over failed martial law bidFinancial Times - 11h -
South Korea's impeached president gets a pay rise while still resisting arrest
Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed coup attempt in December plunged country into worst political crisis in decades. The impeached South Korean president, Yoon Suk Yeol, will receive a pay rise, official ...The Guardian - 2d -
South Korea investigators seek extension of arrest warrant for president
Request comes after attempts to detain Yoon Suk Yeol were thwarted by presidential security service guards last week. South Korea’s investigating authorities have requested an extension of a ...The Guardian - Jan. 6 -
S Korea's impeached president defiant as arrest deadline looms
Yoon is waiting out the arrest warrant in his residence, newly fortified by barbed wire and buses.BBC News - Jan. 6 -
Why is it so hard to arrest South Korea's impeached president?
Yoon Suk Yeol has been impeached by parliament and suspended from office.BBC News - Jan. 3 -
Attempt to arrest S Korea president suspended after six-hour stand-off
Yoon Suk Yeol's "refusal of the legal process" is "deeply regrettable", investigators say.BBC News - Jan. 3 -
Impeached South Korean president avoids arrest after an hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators left the president's official residence after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.NBC News - Jan. 3 -
South Korea's Impeached President Fends Off Arrest Attempt Over Martial-Law Decree
Yoon Suk Yeol’s bodyguards thwarted investigators in another tense showdown resulting from his short-lived martial law decree.The Wall Street Journal - Jan. 3
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