South Korea's impeached president arrested after police scale walls

韩国被弹劾总统因警察翻墙被捕

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2025-01-15

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In custody Yoon Suk Yeol defended his decision to impose martial law last month. Also: dozens of bodies have been pulled from an abandoned gold mine in South Africa, and how to stay motivated and not give up on your New Year's resolutions.
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  • We start in Seoul.

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  • Yoon's supporters chanted granted and waved flags as inside anti corruption investigators quizzed him on charges of insurrection and abuse of power.

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