Yoon Suk Yeol - Wikipedia
Yoon Suk Yeol [b] (Korean: 윤석열; born 18 December 1960) is a South Korean politician and former prosecutor who has served as the 13th and current president of South Korea since 2022. Yoon was born in Seoul and earned two degrees from Seoul National University.
Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol detained over …
20 hours ago · South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed. The detention comes weeks after investigators first attempted ...
South Korea’s President Yoon detained over short-lived martial …
1 day ago · South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday. He said he complied with the warrant after weeks of defiance over attempts to question him in the investigation over his imposition of martial law last month.
Authorities arrest president Yoon Suk Yeol after dramatic hours …
Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested, according to authorities, in a historic moment for South Korea. Yoon - who is being investigated for insurrection - is the first sitting president in the country ...
Yoon Suk Yeol: South Korean president arrested by anti …
1 day ago · South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for questioning, according to the country’s anti corruption agency, in the latest chapter of a weekslong political saga that began with the ...
A look at the events that led up to the detention of South Korean ...
16 hours ago · SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained on Wednesday after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country’s anti-corruption agency. He is wanted for questioning about his Dec. 3 decision to impose martial law on the ...
Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest fuels divisions in South Korea
9 hours ago · Yoon Suk Yeol delivers the speech to declare martial law on 3 December, 2024. Yoon's supporters jostled with the police officers - numbering 3,000 – who assembled to take him into custody. "Don ...
Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest fuels divisions in South Korea - BBC
9 hours ago · Yoon Suk Yeol's supporters scuffled with police officers trying to arrest the president . Tears, dismayed cries and shocked faces: that was the reaction among the supporters of South Korea's ...
Who is Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's first sitting president to be ...
19 hours ago · SEOUL, Jan 15 (Reuters) - Yoon Suk Yeol became the first incumbent South Korean president to be arrested when he finally backed down on Wednesday in a weeks-long standoff with authorities ...
Yoon Suk-Yeol | Facts, History, Family, Impeachment,
1 day ago · Yoon Suk-Yeol (born December 18, 1960, Seoul, South Korea) is a South Korean lawyer and public official who served as prosecutor general (2019–21) and president (2022–24) of South Korea. On December 3, 2024, he declared martial law, ostensibly to combat “pro-North Korean” elements in the government, but he reversed himself just hours later.