South Korea, Yoon Suk Yeol

South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
South Korean police has questioned the chief of the presidential security service as the two agencies clashed over attempts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief resigns
South Korea's Presidential Security Service chief resigned Friday and acting President Choi Sang-mok accepted it. President Yoon Suk Yeol remains in his fortified residence as law enforcement seeks to arrest him.
Lawyer for South Korea's Yoon Says Impeached President in Official Residence
Yoon Kab-keun, one of the lawyers representing South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, said on Thursday that Yoon was staying in his official residence. The lawyer made the comment in a briefing to reporters following recent speculation over the suspended president's whereabouts.
Yoon Detainment Standoff Intensifies Amid Resignation of Security Chief
Tensions have remained high in South Korea after the country's Parliament voted to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo just days after now former President Yoon
South Korea's Presidential Security Chief Resigns
South Korea's presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and investigators prepared to make a fresh arrest attempt.
South Korea's Yoon to accept court decision even if it ends presidency, lawyer says
Seok Dong-hyeon, another lawyer advising Yoon, said Yoon viewed the attempts to arrest him as politically motivated and aimed at humiliating him by publicly displaying him in hand
Supporters of impeached South Korean president Yoon continue to pledge to protect him
Hundreds of supporters gathered once again outside the president's official residence, pledging to protect him from South Korea's national anti-corruption agency.

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South Korea’s far right borrows from Trump’s playbook to bolster impeached Yoon
The president's ultraconservative supporters believe that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring ...
Two weeks in, South Korea's latest leader Choi walks political tightrope
Two weeks after becoming South Korea's second acting president, Choi Sang-mok faces not only the task of steering a shaky ...
‘Stop the Steal’ in South Korea? Why MAGA-like hats and slogans are part of President Yoon’s impeachment drama
Crowds of people wrapped up against the bitter January cold clutch signs emblazoned with the slogan “Stop the Steal,” wave US ...
How Yoon's martial law bid complicates US-South Korea ties
In declaring martial law early last month, Yoon used similar language, citing the need to “eradicate pro-North Korean forces.
Flights, shipping delayed as South Korea struggles in grip of extreme low temperatures
South Korea was experiencing the coldest day of the winter so far Thursday with temperatures ranging from 14 degrees ...
What to know about the siege outside South Korea’s presidential compound
For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search ...
How Bodyguards Are Keeping South Korea’s Leader From Detention
President Yoon Suk Yeol’s security service stopped an effort to detain him on insurrection charges and has vowed to do so ...
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BTS member J-Hope announces first solo tour after completing military service
The Hope On The Stage tour will kick off on February 28 at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. BTS member J-Hope has announced he will ...