South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested and questioned for hours
by Raphael Rashid in Seoul and Justin McCurry with ag from World news | The Guardian on (#6TJGB)
Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration last month after standoff at his residence
South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested and questioned for hours over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, handing himself in after an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.
His detention on Wednesday makes him the first sitting president in the country's history to be arrested.
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