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Blinken affirms US support for South Korea as impeached Yoon bunkers against arrest
Antony Blinken traveled to South Korea as an affirmation of continued support for the East Asian nation as it struggles to navigate a historic constitutional crisis.
Strength of South Korea democracy tested as president defies arrest
Protesters have thronged the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, where officials trying to arrest him were blocked by security guards.
What you need to know about the attempt to arrest South Korea's Yoon
Lawyers of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) probing his short-lived martial law decree on Dec. 3 are at odds over whether the CIO has the authority to arrest and pursue criminal charges against him.
South Korea's Yoon set to avoid arrest by warrant deadline
South Korean investigators trying to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol have less than 24 hours before their warrant expires Monday, with the embattled leader holed out in his residence surrounded by loyal security forces.
South Korea crisis mounts as clock ticks on arrest warrant for president
The president was suspended from his duties last month following a failed bid to impose martial law and his subsequent impeachment by parliament on December 14. Law enforcement authorities are seeking Yoon’s arrest as part of an investigation into alleged treason and abuse of power.
S Korea's impeached president defiant as arrest deadline looms
South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol remains defiant in his newly-fortified residence, with the arrest warrant over his short-lived martial law order set to expire on Monday. Yoon's security team,
South Korean anti-corruption agency asks police to detain impeached Yoon
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to custody following an hours-long standoff with the presidential security service
South Korean investigators seek arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol
South Korea’s anti-graft investigators have requested police assistance to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, following a week-long standoff over his refusal to surrender for questioning regarding his alleged failed martial law bid.
Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment exposes judicial cracks and political polarization
South Korea has been grappling with political and legal turmoil since impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law declaration last month. The investigation into Yoon and his impeachment trial by the Constitutional Court has exposed cracks in the judicial system.
Explainer-South Korea's leadership crisis in hands of Constitutional Court
By Joyce Lee SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's leadership crisis will play out in the Constitutional Court, which will decide ...
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S. Korea's constitutional court calls for early appointment of justices
South Korean Constitutional Court's Judge Lee Mi-son and Cheong Hyung-sik sit in during the first preparatory hearing of a ...
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Eight-member bench of Constitutional Court to expedite Yoon's impeachment trial
The Constitutional Court formed an eight-member bench as two new justices began their six-year terms on Thursday, paving the ...
South Korea's acting President Choi to appoint two Constitutional Court justices
South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Tuesday he would immediately move to fill vacancies on the ...
Swift appointment of Constitutional Court justices for Yoon’s trial is 'most urgent,' say 542 scholars
Hundreds of political scholars have urged acting President Choi Sang-mok to swiftly appoint three Constitutional Court ...
Constitutional Questions in South Korea (Updated)
I do not know the first thing about the Constitution of South Korea. But this report from the New York Times reads like an exam fact pattern. First, the ...
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S. Korea's parliament votes for appointment of 3 constitutional court justices
SEOUL -- South Korea's parliament on Thursday voted for the appointment of three constitutional court justices to fill ...