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Authorities in South Korea seek arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon

Protesters walk while displaying a chained effigy depicting impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a rally by civic groups calling for his resignation in Seoul, South Korea, 28 December 2024.
Protesters walk while displaying a chained effigy depicting impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol during a rally by civic groups calling for his resignation in Seoul, South Korea, 28 December 2024. Photograph: Han Myung-Gu/EPA

South Korean law enforcement officials have requested a court warrant to arrest impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, as they investigate whether his short-lived martial law decree amounted to rebellion.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is leading a joint investigation with police and military authorities into the power grab that lasted only a few hours on 3 December, confirmed it requested the warrant from a Seoul court. They plan to question Yoon on allegations of abuse of authority and orchestrating a rebellion.

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