Investigators fail to detain president after prolonged standoff

The Korea Times

The Korea Times

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It’s the latest confrontation in a political crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.
Time
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The president, who issued a bungled declaration on December 3 that shook the vibrant East Asian democracy and briefly lurched it back to the dark days of military rule, faces imprisonment or, at worst, the death penalty.
International Business Times AU
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Seoul: South Korean anti-corruption investigators moved to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, facing off with his presidential security and about a thousand protesters outside his residence seeking to block the attempt.
Gulf News
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South Korea is facing its worst political crisis in many decades — an impeached president is hunkering down in the official residence, backed by parts of the military and his official security detail, and openly defying an arrest warrant against him.
Deutsche Welle

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