South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.
South Korea will tighten regulations on stock market listings to improve the quality and competitiveness, the financial regulator said on Tuesday, in the latest move by authorities aimed at making the domestic stock market more attractive to investors.
Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pushed past lines of police to enter the court, some destroying furniture and blasting fire extinguishers at officers trying to suppress them.
With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.
Yoon Suk-yeol was assigned a standard cell at Seoul Detention Center, where he will be kept separate from other inmates.
Amidst South Korea's severe political crisis, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol declined to be questioned by investigators, despite escalating protests and violence by his supporters. The unrest, marked by courthouse invasions and confrontations with police,
Law enforcement authorities have requested a warrant to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is spending his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in
South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul
Yoon Suk Yeol this week became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained. The Seoul Detention Center is a far cry from his official residence.
Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be held by criminal investigators, ending a long standoff after he imposed martial law.
South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.