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South Korea authorities enter impeached President Yoon's compound in arrest attempt
The Star
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1/3/2025
Authorities sought on Friday (Jan 3) to execute an unprecedented arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, evading a crowd of protesters but facing off with security forces inside his residence.
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Authorities sought on Friday to execute an unprecedented arrest warrant for impeached
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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol, evading a crowd of protesters but facing off with
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security forces inside his residence.
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Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his martial law attempt that stunned
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South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy and one of the region's most vibrant democracies.
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An arrest would be the first for an incumbent South Korean president.
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Officials from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is
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leading a joint team of investigators that include the police and prosecutors, had arrived
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at the gates of Yoon's compound shortly after 7 a.m.
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It was unclear whether the Presidential Security Service, which has blocked access by investigators
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with a search warrant to Yoon's office and official residence, would try to stop the
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arrest.
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Yoon's lawyer said in a statement on Friday that the execution of an invalid arrest warrant
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against Yoon is unlawful and they will take legal action without elaborating.
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