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South Korea's Yoon To Avoid Fresh Questioning After Dramatic Arrest

A motorcade carrying President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the complex housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Seoul (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faced renewed questioning Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part.

The Constitutional Court was also to hold its second hearing in a trial that will decide whether to uphold Yoon's impeachment, after the dawn raid that made him the country's first-ever sitting president to be detained.

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