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S. Korea Presidential Security Chief Urges 'No Bloodshed' In Yoon Arrest

A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol draped in a US flag waves South Korea's in the capital Seoul (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's presidential security chief said Friday there must be no bloodshed if another arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is executed by investigators over his failed martial law bid.

Yoon has refused questioning and last week resisted arrest in a tense stand-off between his guards and investigators after his short-lived power grab plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.

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