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Hieun SHIN

S. Korea Investigators Seek New Warrant To Arrest President Yoon

The residence (top) of South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen in Seoul before an arrest warrant deadline passed (Credit: AFP)

South Korean anti-graft investigators were waiting on Tuesday for a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.

The former star prosecutor has refused questioning three times over a bungled martial law decree last month and is holed up in his residence surrounded by hundreds of guards preventing his arrest.

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