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Reuters
Apr 11, 2025

Ousted South Korean President Yoon leaves official residence

Hundreds had gathered outside the gates of the official residence, where Yoon briefly stopped to hug and shake hands with supporters, some of whom were crying.

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Reuters
Jan 18, 2025

Yoon attends court hearing on extending detention

Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law on December 3.

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Reuters
Jan 15, 2025

South Korea’s Yoon likely to be held in a solitary cell

While he is the first incumbent president to be arrested in South Korea, other high-profile figures including former President Park Geun-hye and Samsung Electronics Chairman Jay Y. Lee have also spent time in the Seoul Detention Centre.

World

Reuters
Jan 03, 2025

S Korean presidential guards prevent arrest of impeached Yoon

CIO officials and police evade hundreds of Yoon supporters who gathered in pre-dawn hours near his residence on Friday

World

Reuters
Jan 02, 2025

Yoon, facing arrest over martial law, vows to ‘fight until end’

It was unclear when and how police could make the arrest and whether the presidential security service, which has blocked access by investigators with a search warrant to Yoon’s office and official residence, would try to stop it.

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Reuters
Dec 30, 2024

S. Korea investigators request arrest warrant for Yoon

It is the first time that an arrest warrant has been sought for a sitting president in South Korea.

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Web Desk
Dec 27, 2024

Who is Choi Sang-mok, South Korea’s newest acting president?

Choi, 61, a veteran economic technocrat who has served for more than 30 years at the finance ministry, takes on an unprecedented role as successor to an impeached acting leader.

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Reuters
Dec 26, 2024

Who is Han Duck-soo, South Korea’s acting president?

In a country sharply divided by partisan rhetoric, Han has been a rare official whose varied career transcended party lines.

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Reuters
Dec 25, 2024

Yoon defies second agency summons over martial law

Yoon had not appeared for questioning as of 10 a.m. (0100 GMT) on Christmas Day as requested by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, after ignoring their first summons last week.

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Reuters
Dec 21, 2024

Rival protests over impeached President Yoon held in Seoul

Yoon’s presidential powers are suspended but he remains in office. He has not complied with various summonses by authorities investigating whether martial law, which he declared late on December 3 and rescinded hours later, constituted insurrection.