World Jan 16 South Korean court rejects petition to release impeached president detained over martial law Yoon had avoided several requests to appear for questioning before the anti-corruption agency and police carried out a major law enforcement operation involving hundreds of personnel to detain him at his residential compound in Seoul.
World Jan 15 South Korean authorities detain impeached President Yoon following questioning South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was sent to a detention center near Seoul on Wednesday night, after being questioned by anti-corruption officials who took him into custody over his imposition of martial law last month.
World Jan 13 North Korean soldiers captured in Ukraine haven’t shown desire to defect, Seoul’s spy agency says South Korea’s spy agency has told lawmakers that two North Korean soldiers captured by Ukrainian forces while fighting alongside Russian forces in Russia’s Kursk border region haven’t expressed a desire to seek asylum in South Korea.
World Jan 07 North Korea says it tested hypersonic intermediate range missile designed to strike remote Pacific targets North Korea says its latest weapons test was a new hypersonic intermediate-range missile designed to strike targets in the Pacific.
World Jan 07 South Korean agency receives new court warrant to detain impeached president South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.
World Jan 06 South Korean anti-corruption agency, police debate more forceful measures to detain impeached president South Korea’s anti-corruption agency and police debated on Monday more forceful measures to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after their previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.
World Jan 05 South Korean protesters demand Yoon’s ouster as impeached president resists arrest Hundreds of South Koreans, bundled up against freezing temperatures and snow, rallied overnight into Sunday near the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities prepared to renew their efforts to detain him over his short-lived martial law decree.
World Jan 03 South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant in hourslong standoff South Korean investigators have left the president's official residence after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.
World Jan 02 Impeached South Korean President Yoon issues defiant message over arrest warrant South Korea’s anti-corruption agency on Friday dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach.
World Dec 30 South Korean law enforcement seek warrant for impeached President Yoon The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which leads a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a few hours, confirmed it requested the warrant on Monday.