South Korea: police refuse to arrest impeached President

韩国:警方拒绝逮捕被弹劾总统

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2025-01-06

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South Korea's political chaos worsens as police refuse to arrest the impeached President. Also: Russia says it has captured a key town in eastern Ukraine, and the wild cat that's come back from the brink of extinction.

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  • No end in sight to the political standoff in South Korea as police reject demands to arrest the impeached president.

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  • South Korea's impeached president, Yun Sung Yul looks set to evade a rest once again.

  • Prosecutors have been unable to execute a warrant which is due to expire shortly.

  • It was issued over the President's short lived attempt to impose martial law last month.

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  • Yoon has been suspended but has remained defiant and his security guards have been blocking attempts to detain him, even forming a human chain.

  • Police have been asked to get involved, but they have declined.

  • The latest twist in the political standoff coincides with a North Korean missile test as well as a visit by the outgoing US Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Seoul.

  • He has expressed confidence in South Korea's democratic system.