South Korea Fails to Detain Impeached President in Standoff at His Home
Blocked by bodyguards, officials retreated after several hours without serving a court warrant to hold President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning on insurrection charges.
South Korea’s impeached president avoids arrest attempt after hourslong standoff
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol avoided an arrest attempt Friday after an hourslong standoff between anti-corruption investigators and presidential security.
South Korea latest: Investigators trying to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol blocked by presidential security
Mr Yoon is South Korea ’s first sitting president to face arrest, after the CIO said on Tuesday that a Seoul court had granted the detention warrant sought by prosecutors investigating whether Mr Yoon’s shortlived declaration of martial law amounted to insurrection.
Attempt to arrest S Korea president suspended after dramatic standoff
After a dramatic six-hour long standoff with security, South Korean police have called off an attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korea: failed arrest of impeached president sets stage for more turmoil in 2025
On Friday morning, officials abandoned an attempt to detain South Korea’s embattled president, throwing the country deeper into chaos.
South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff
South Korean investigators have left the president’s official residence after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.
South Korean investigators suspend efforts to arrest impeached president after standoff
Officials called off the effort to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday due to concerns over the safety of its personnel.
South Korea's presidential aides offer to resign amid political crisis
Senior aides to South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol offered to resign en masse on Wednesday, a day after his office expressed regret over acting President Choi Sang-mok's approval of two new judges to a court set to decide Yoon's fate.
Clash breaks out in attempt to detain South Korean president over martial law
Yoon Suk Yeol’s ill-fated attempt to declare martial law last month plunged a key U.S. security ally into a leadership crisis.
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.
Supporters of South Korea’s impeached president scuffle with police as Yoon defies warrant
Supporters of South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol rallied outside his official residence on Friday.
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