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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Foster Klug

What to know about the siege outside South Korea's presidential compound

South Korea Martial Law - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea has been a startling development, even for observers used to the country's famously rough and tumble politics.

For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants. Scuffles broke out late last week as dozens of investigators were stopped from entering the compound by hundreds of presidential security guards and a barricade.

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