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IMPEACHED SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT CHARGED WITH INSURRECTION OVER DECLARATION OF MARTIAL LAW
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Nicolas Adekeye / 1 month
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The embattled South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol, is facing more troubles as he’s charged for insurrection over his declaration of martial law in early December. The move plunged the country into political turmoil and was overturned within hours by parliament. Yoon, who denies wrongdoing, has been in custody since being arrested last week. He had been holed up in his fortified residence for weeks surrounded by his Presidential Security Service team before eventually leaving his residential compound with investigators in a motorcade. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) first attempted to detain him earlier this month, but it failed after an hours-long showdown in which soldiers and members of the presidential security detail blocked some 80 police and investigators from approaching the presidential compound. If convicted, Yoon could face life in jail or the death penalty, although South Korea has not executed anyone in decades.