Police maintain order near the residence of South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol as investigators arrive to execute an arrest warrant in Seoul, South Korea, this morning. XinhuaSouth Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested ...
South Korean policemen are seen on guard near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 15, 2025. South Korean investigators on Wednesday arrested impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol in his residence in central Seoul, according to a joint investigation unit. (Xinhua/Yao Qilin) SEOUL,...
S. Korean president arrested in residence South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was arrested in presidential residence this morning, becoming the country's first sitting president to be kept in custody over his short-lived martial law imposition. A joint investigation unit, composed of the Corruption...
Yoon was arrested in the presidential residence Wednesday, becoming the country's first sitting president to be arrested. The impeached president refused to testify at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon, just south of Seoul, for questioning over his sho...
Later in the day they arrested the acting chief of the presidential security service, Kim Sung-hoon, for blocking theirinitial attempt to arrest Mr Yoonearlier this month, the agency also said. Mr Yoon's presidential security service prevented dozens of inves...
South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul, as he faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month. Yoon's arrest could mark the beginning of an ...
Though Yoon, 64, is not the first South Korean president to be impeached, he would be the East Asian democracy's first sitting president to be arrested. He has been suspended from presidential duties since his impeachment pending a Constitutional Court trial to determine whether it...
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.
The 64-year-old former prosecutor has been behind bars since he was arrested last month on charges of insurrection, for which he could be sentenced to life in prison or face the death penalty. Criminal proceedings kicked off ...
If arrested, Yoon will be the first incumbent South Korean president to be detained. Yoon unleashed an acute political crisis inSouth Koreawith his failed effort to impose martial law. He was impeached by parliament last month, but the move has to be approved by the country’s constitutional...