Article 6TJGB South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested and questioned for hours

South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested and questioned for hours

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Raphael Rashid in Seoul and Justin McCurry with ag
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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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