The impeached president of South Korea is facing imminent arrest but has declared he will not go willingly. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials received approval from a ...

“The president is like the king, and how can you treat your king like this?” said Lee Young-jin, 65, referring to the court warrant that empowered officials to detain Mr. Yoon. “The ...

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Mr Yoon, 64, the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, was detained to answer insurrection charges for briefly imposing martial law on 3 December. He, however, refused to cooperate ...