South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.
By Joyce Zhou, Minwoo Park and Eduardo Baptista SEOUL (Reuters) -As impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political survival, the embattled leader has found an ally among young conservative men.
For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants.
Crowds of people wrapped up against the bitter January cold clutch signs emblazoned with the slogan “Stop the Steal,” wave US flags, and don red MAGA-like hats.
Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest.
The U.S. secretary of state aimed to show that his country stood by South Korea as it grapples with a political crisis, and as Donald J. Trump returns to power.
The Brothers Home atrocity is considered to be one of the darkest human rights violations in South Korean history.
South Korea’s anti-graft agency has sought to extend an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, as pressure mounted on law enforcers to resolve the country’s escalating political crisis.
South Korea says North Korea fired a ballistic missile that flew 685 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan
The government has little to show for the hundreds of billions of dollars spent on pro-natal policies over nearly two decades.
A soldier from Minnesota was killed this past December in a flight-related accident while stationed in South Korea.
The launch event came as US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was visiting Seoul for talks with South Korean allies over the North Korean nuclear threat and other issues.