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South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk-yeol has been arrested after investigators stormed his residential compound on January 15, 2025. Hundreds of law enforcement officers moved in on the president’s residence, overcoming fierce resistance from his lawyers and supporters. The operation followed an hours-long stand-off at the compound’s gate, with investigators and police forced to scale makeshift barricades formed from vehicles that supporters and the president’s personal security had strategically positioned to block access. Hours later, a police convoy believed to be carrying the impeached president was seen leaving the residence. The arrest caps a saga that has plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades, after Yoon declared martial law and directed soldiers to storm parliament in an unsuccessful bid to stop lawmakers from voting down his declaration.
Source: Reuters
