South Korea's Yoon faces second arrest attempt in fortified compound
South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him on insurrection charges after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.
What to know about the siege outside South Korea's presidential compound
For weeks, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has holed up inside his guarded residential compound, as government officials try to figure out how to detain him and search the premises. Scuffles broke out late last week as dozens of investigators were stopped from entering the compound by hundreds of presidential security forces and a barricade.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Faces Second Arrest Threat
South Korea’s anti-corruption watchdog has secured a warrant extension to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and a second attempt to take the embattled leader into custody could happen as early as Wednesday.
South Korea's embattled leader Yoon finds allies among young conservative men
By Joyce Zhou, Minwoo Park and Eduardo Baptista SEOUL (Reuters) -As impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political survival, the embattled leader has found an ally among young conservative men.
South Korea's Yoon set to avoid arrest by warrant deadline
South Korean investigators trying to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol have less than 24 hours before their warrant expires Monday, with the embattled leader holed out in his residence surrounded by loyal security forces.
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to arrest impeached President Yoon
With the arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol expiring on Monday, the South Korean anti-corruption agency asked police to detain the embattled leader.
What you need to know about the attempt to arrest South Korea's Yoon
Lawyers of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) probing his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 are at odds over whether the CIO has the authority to arrest and pursue criminal charges against him.
South Korea's impeached leader Yoon hunkers down in Seoul's 'Beverly Hills'
Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest.
South Korean investigators abandon effort to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency dispatched investigators to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday.
South Korean court issues arrest warrant for embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol
A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, the embattled leader who plunged the country into political chaos by his shock decision to declare martial law nearly a month ago.
South Korean court issues warrants to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, search his office
A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
South Korean protesters brave cold to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
The one-week warrant for his detention is valid through Monday. There were no immediate indications that authorities were ...
Can US ties with South Korea survive ongoing chaos on the peninsula?
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Opinion - A rallying call for democracy in South Korea
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Govt., ruling party agree to designate Jan. 27 as temporary holiday
The government and the ruling People Power Party agreed Wednesday to designate Jan. 27 as a temporary holiday this year to ...