South Korean investigators arrest impeached President Yoon

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Police arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday, January 15.   Full story: https://www.rappler.com/world/asia-pacific/south-korean-investigators-arrest-yoon-suk-yeol/

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00:00Police arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yool at his residence in Seoul on

00:05Wednesday, January 15.

00:08This weeks after investigators first attempted to arrest Yoon on January 3 after his short-lived

00:13martial law declaration last December.

00:15The warrant investigators secured for his arrest is the first ever issued against an

00:19incumbent South Korean president.

00:22His presidential motorcade left the residence and later arrived at the Corruption Investigation

00:26Office for high-ranking officials.

00:29Yoon's lawyers have argued attempts to detain Yoon are illegal and are designed to publicly

00:33humiliate him.

00:35In a pre-recorded message, Yoon says he submitted himself for questioning to avoid any violence

00:40but says his actions are not an endorsement of what he calls an illegal investigation.

00:46Yoon has been suspended from his position since December 14 but still remains in office.

00:51South Korea's Constitutional Court is deliberating over whether to uphold his impeachment and

00:55permanently remove him from office.

00:59For more stories, visit nyseagrant.org

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