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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant

South Korea’s Impeached President Fends Off Arrest Attempt Over Martial-Law Decree

Yoon Suk Yeol’s bodyguards thwarted investigators in another tense showdown resulting from his short-lived martial law decree.

Yahoo · 14h

Rival camps protest as South Korea president resists arrest

Thousands of rival South Korean protesters rallied in the capital Saturday, a day after a failed attempt to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for imposing a short-lived martial law decree that led to his impeachment.

The Conversation · 1d

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.

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Reuters on MSN · 13h

Head of South Korea Yoon's security finds himself in spotlight

The man central to blocking investigators from arresting South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has come under the spotlight himself in the political crisis sparked by Yoon's brief declaration of martial law last month.

Yahoo · 3h

Blinken wades into political crisis with stop in South Korea

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrives late Sunday in crisis-riven South Korea where he will seek delicately to encourage continuity with the policies, but not tactics, of the impeached president.

AFP on MSN · 1d

Blinken to visit South Korea with eye on political crisis

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will visit South Korea for talks next week, Seoul's foreign ministry said Friday, with the country mired in political turmoil as its impeached president resists arrest.

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South Korea’s ruling party backs impeachment as president refuses to step down over martial law

South Korea’s ruling party has thrown its support ... The People Power Party (PPP) had initially refused to back impeachment, hoping instead Yoon would resign from office. But its leadership ...

CBS News27d

South Korea's president avoids an impeachment attempt over martial law

South Korea's embattled President Yoon Suk Yeol ... with a survey suggesting a majority of South Koreans support the president's impeachment. Yoon's martial law declaration drew criticism from ...

NPR29d

After trying to impose martial law, South Korea's president faces an impeachment vote

SEOUL -- As new details emerged on Friday about a failed attempt by South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol to impose martial law this week, calls for his impeachment have strengthened. Parliament ...

The New York Times28d

South Korea’s President Survives Impeachment Bid

South Korea Confederation of Trade Unions via Associated ... Jun Michael Park for The New York Times Protesters are calling for the impeachment of President Yoon. Chang W. Lee/The New York Times ...

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Opinion - What America should learn from South Korea’s democratic crisis

Any “us vs. them” dynamic can be dangerous for democracy. But when that divide centers on mutually exclusive visions of a ...

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South Korea's Yoon defiant after impeachment over martial law bid

Yoon is the second conservative president in a row to be impeached in South Korea. Park Geun-hye was removed from office in 2017. Yoon survived a first impeachment vote last weekend, when his ...

The Washington Post29d

South Korea’s president avoids impeachment after martial law misstep

Yoon is now the third president since South Korea became a democracy to face impeachment proceedings. Park was impeached and removed from office in 2017 after a corruption scandal. In 2004 ...

South Korea's acting president vows continued cooperation with US, Japan

South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok vowed to continue trilateral cooperation with Japan and the United States, ...

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