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South Korea’s Yoon refuses questioning as authorities seek longer detention

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol arrives for questioning on January 15, 2025 [Anthony Walllace/AFP]

South Korean anticorruption investigators have said they will seek a warrant to extend the detention of President Yoon Suk-yeol after the impeached leader again refused to undergo questioning over his short-lived declaration of martial law.

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said on Friday it would ask a court to approve an extension of Yoon’s detention by up to 20 days.

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