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Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday after investigators and police descended on his residence over his short-lived declaration of martial law last month.

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is the latest in a long line of leaders to have their political careers marred by scandal ...

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s attempted martial law declaration sparked a wave of collective resistance from ...

A South Korean court issued an arrest and search warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday over his short-lived imposition of martial law ... in the country's history. Immediately after ...

The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law ... outrage in South Korea, a country with a long history of political ...

He called for the government to mobilize more personnel. The crash caps a tumultuous month for South Korea that began with ...

Investigators probing South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law said they ... the first attempt in the country's history to forcibly detain a president before ...

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Investigators probing South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived declaration of martial law said Monday they sought an arrest warrant for the suspended president after he failed to report ...

It is the first impeachment of an acting president in South Korea’s history. As of 5:19 p.m. KST ... by Yoon on December 3 before he declared martial law, the opposition had not made moves ...