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Al Jazeera Staff

South Korea’s President Yoon arrested: What happened and what’s next

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol's supporters rally near the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon after Yoon's arrest on January 15, 2025 [Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters]

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested after a dramatic and drawn-out showdown with law enforcement officials.

Police and corruption officers on Wednesday scaled the walls of his residential compound, where he had been holed up for nearly two weeks, evading arrest, after his short-lived declaration of martial law on December 3. The officers broke through the barbed wire and barricades his security personnel had erected.

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