2025-01-03
27 分钟South Korean police called off an attempt to arrest the suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol, following a long standoff with his security team. Anti-corruption officers have appealed to the acting president to intervene.
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I'm Nick Miles and at 14 hours GMT on Friday 3rd January, these are our main stories.
Anti corruption investigators in South Korea have suspended an attempt to arrest the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
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Anything bigger, if you're in the water or near the water and they get hold of you, your chance of survival is near zero.
The efforts to manage Australia's burgeoning crocodile population, the political standoff in South Korea shows no sign of being resolved.
Despite his impeachment and suspension from office after imposing martial law last month, President Yoon Suk Yeol has fervent supporters still.
In fact, they're so impassioned that thousands of them have been surrounding Mr.
Yoon's house in central Seoul, trying to prevent police from arresting him as part of corruption investigations.
The president's security officers refused to let police through, so once again, they backed down.
Gene McKenzie reports.
Now, on another day of deadlock, the standoff started before dawn.
Police blocked the roads around the president's home, pushing back his incensed supporters.
As the sun rose, the first officers ran up to his house to make the arrest, but they were unable to get in, blocked by the president's security team, who refused to open the door.
By lunchtime, the officers had given up.
An arrest was impossible, they said.