South Korean President Is Detained in Insurrection Inquiry

South Korean President Is Detained in Insurrection Inquiry

Investigators have detained South Korea’s impeached leader, Yoon Suk Yeol. This is the first time a sitting South Korean president has been detained on criminal charges. Choe Sang-Hun, the ​Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times​, explains how we got here and what it may mean for South Korea moving forward. Source link

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Investigators, With Reinforcements, Try Again to Detain South Korean Leader

Investigators, With Reinforcements, Try Again to Detain South Korean Leader

Criminal investigators armed with a court-issued warrant prepared a second, much-anticipated operation early Wednesday to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning in connection with insurrection charges that stem from his short-lived imposition of martial law last month. Police buses began massing before dawn outside the hilltop presidential compound where Mr. Yoon has been holed […]

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South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off Detention

South Korean Leader Shuns Trial as He Tries to Hold Off Detention

The Constitutional Court of South Korea began formal deliberations on Tuesday to decide whether to unseat President Yoon Suk Yeol. The impeached leader stayed away, holed up in his fortified presidential compound where he is bracing himself for what his aides called a “siege attack” from up to 1,000 criminal investigators planning to detain him […]

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With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate

With South Korea in Crisis, Eight Justices Will Decide President’s Fate

For six weeks, South Korea has lurched through its worst political crisis in decades, throwing the resilience of the country’s democracy into question. On Tuesday, it takes the biggest step toward a resolution, when the Constitutional Court begins deliberating whether to remove or reinstate the country’s impeached president. The eight justices on the court will […]

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South Korean Colonel Who Accused President of Whitewash Is Acquitted

South Korean Colonel Who Accused President of Whitewash Is Acquitted

A South Korean marine colonel who faced insubordination and defamation charges after accusing President Yoon Suk Yeol of whitewashing his investigation into a marine’s death was acquitted by a court-martial on Thursday. A public uproar over the case of Col. Park Jung-hun rocked South Korea for months last year, prompting opposition lawmakers to put forward […]

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How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention

How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s President Yoon From Detention

South Korea’s Presidential Security Service, a​n agency​ assigned to protect the president, prides itself on being the “last bastion for a safe and stable state administration.” It is now at the heart of South Korea’s biggest political mess in decades, acting as a final line of defense to prevent criminal investigators from detaining President Yoon […]

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In Seoul, Blinken Affirms Alliance Amid Challenges to Democracies

In Seoul, Blinken Affirms Alliance Amid Challenges to Democracies

Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken and the foreign minister of South Korea, Cho Tae-yul, both acknowledged the challenges to democracy in their nations on Monday while asserting that the alliance between the countries remained strong despite ongoing political turmoil. “Our relationship is bigger than any one leader, any one government, any one party,” Mr. […]

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South Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media

South Korean Unrest Conspiracy Theories Are Spread by Social Media

Every day​ for the past week, Kim Kwon-seop, 72, has joined thousands of others gathered near the home of South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol​. They were determined to shield Mr. Yoon from prosecutors who wanted to detain him on insurrection charges stemming from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month. To them, […]

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South Korea Fails to Detain Impeached President in Standoff at His Home

South Korea Fails to Detain Impeached President in Standoff at His Home

When around 100 criminal investigators and police officers entered a hilly compound in central Seoul on Friday morning, they tried to achieve something that has never been done before in South Korea: detain a sitting president. First, they made it through two blockades formed by parked vehicles and people. Then, when they came within 650 […]

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