S. Korean investigators arrest Yoon, ending weeks-long standoff
Jan 14, 2025 · South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to comply with what he called an illegal probe to avoid "bloodshed".
A look at the South Korean leader who has been impeached after …
Dec 14, 2024 · Yoon, a staunch conservative and longtime prosecutor, went from political novice to president of South Korea in 2022, ending five years of liberal rule that saw failed efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear crisis and a slackening economy.
A president facing both impeachment and an insurrection probe
Dec 17, 2024 · Yoon, whose short-lived decree triggered weeks of protests and political turmoil, was suspended from office, after at least 12 members of his own ruling party voted in favor of his impeachment...
South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol detained
Jan 14, 2025 · South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol, was detained on Wednesday by anti-corruption investigators over his brief imposition of martial law last month.
Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korea impeached president arrested after
Jan 15, 2025 · Yoon Suk Yeol has become South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested after investigators scaled barricades and cut through barbed wire to take him into custody.
Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korean president arrested by anti …
Jan 14, 2025 · South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has so far refused to cooperate with investigators after he was arrested for questioning on Wednesday, the country’s anti-corruption agency said.
In Defiant Address, Yoon Denies Treason Charges, Vows to Fight on
Dec 12, 2024 · Reversing his decision to defer to the ruling party, Yoon implied that the main opposition Democratic Party was the “anti-state forces” he referred to in his declaration of martial law. South...
South Korean Officials Are Trying to Arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol ...
Jan 14, 2025 · President Yoon Suk Yeol has already joined the ranks of South Korean presidents impeached by Parliament, a consequence of his ill-fated decision to declare martial law in early December.
South Korean prosecutors indict impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol …
Jan 26, 2025 · Yoon Suk Yeol arrives for his impeachment trial at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 21. (Kim Hong-Ji/Reuters) South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol ...
Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest fuels divisions in South Korea - BBC
Jan 15, 2025 · Yoon Suk Yeol delivers the speech to declare martial law on 3 December, 2024. Yoon's supporters jostled with the police officers - numbering 3,000 – who assembled to take him into custody. "Don ...