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Crowds form as police move again to arrest South Korea’s Yoon
STORY: :: Seoul Facilities Corporation:: Protesters gather near Yoon Suk Yeol’s residenceas police attempt to arrest the impeached president :: January 15, 2025:: Seoul, South KoreaVideo footage showed investigating officers trying to push through a crowd of Yoon’s supporters gathered outside his hillside villa, where he has been holed up for weeks behind barbed wire and a small army of personal security.Investigators were foiled on Jan. 3 from serving the first-ever arrest warrant issued against a sitting South Korean president after a stand-off with hundreds of presidential security agents and military guards.Yoon has been at his residence since parliament voted to suspend him last month over his short-lived martial law decree that plunged one of Asia’s most vibrant democracies into a period of unprecedented political turbulence.
