{"id":40007,"date":"2024-12-30T02:14:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-30T07:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/officials-seek-arrest-warrant-for-south-koreas-impeached-yoon\/30\/12\/2024\/"},"modified":"2024-12-30T02:14:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-30T07:14:00","slug":"officials-seek-arrest-warrant-for-south-koreas-impeached-yoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/officials-seek-arrest-warrant-for-south-koreas-impeached-yoon\/30\/12\/2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Officials seek arrest warrant for South Korea’s impeached Yoon"},"content":{"rendered":"

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South Korean officials have requested an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.<\/p>\n

The Corruption Investigation Office is investigating Yoon for unexpectedly imposing martial law on December 3.<\/p>\n

The office said that Yoon had ignored three summonses to appear for questioning, Yonhap reported.<\/p>\n

Yoon’s botched attempt to institute martial law shocked the nation but was rescinded just hours later following massive public resistance.<\/p>\n

South Korea has been in political crisis ever since. The National Assembly voted to impeach Yoon on December 14, and the Constitutional Court has launched the relevant proceedings to take a final decision on whether the assembly’s vote is constitutional or not.<\/p>\n

Choi Sang Mok has been acting president since Friday, after lawmakers voted to impeach then-acting president Han Duck Soo, barely two weeks after Yoon was removed from the presidency.<\/p>\n

Yoon has labelled his political opponents “anti-state forces” and said that he made the declaration of martial law to protect the nation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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South Korean officials have requested an arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, the Yonhap news agency reported on Monday. The