South Korean police take charge in effort to detain impeached President Yoon

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Dozens of anti-corruption agency investigators and assisting police officers attempted to detain the impeached president on Friday but retreated from his residence in Seoul after a tense five-hour standoff with the presidential security service.

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00:00The U.S. has said that Russia is already providing military equipment and training to North Korea.

00:08In a meeting with South Korean leaders on Monday, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken

00:12expressed his concern over deepening ties between Putin and Kim Jong-un.

00:18We have reason to believe that Moscow intends to share advanced space and satellite technology

00:23with Pyongyang, and that Putin may be close to reversing a decades-long policy by Russia

00:29and accepting DPRK's nuclear weapons program.

00:33These comments came just hours after North Korea fired a ballistic missile into the Eastern

00:38Sea.

00:39And also at a time of political turmoil in South Korea, the country's President Yoon

00:44Seok-gyu has been impeached after his short-lived martial law decree on December 3.

00:50Korea's democracy has been tested in recent weeks, just as American democracy has faced

00:54challenges throughout our history.

00:56But you are responding by demonstrating your democratic resilience.

01:01The United States has full confidence in South Korea's institutions, and we reaffirm our

01:06unwavering support for the Korean people.

01:12Blinken is making what is expected to be his final overseas trip in office.

01:16He is later also visiting Japan and France.

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