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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar

South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol leaves prison and bows to supporters

South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol left a detention centre in Seoul on Saturday after prosecutors decided not to appeal a court decision to cancel his arrest warrant.

Mr Yoon remains suspended from his duties and under insurrection charges over his short-lived martial law imposition on 3 December. The criminal case is separate from his impeachment trial, in which the Constitutional Court is expected to decide in coming days whether to reinstate him or remove him from office.

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