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People celebrate after President Yoon Suk-yeol's impeachment was accepted, near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, on April 4, 2025.

REUTERS/Kim Hong-ji

South Korean president ousted, election looms

South Korea’s Constitutional Court on Friday voted unanimously to oust impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol over his decision to declare martial law in December. Supporters of Yoon who gathered near the presidential residence in Seoul reportedly cried out in disappointment as the court’s 8-0 decision was announced. Others cheered the ruling. The center-right leader is now the second South Korean president to be ousted.

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Protesters demanded the ouster of South Korean President Yoon in central Seoul on March 29, 2025.

Lee Jae-Won/AFLO via Reuters

South Korean leader to learn his political fate on Friday

South Korea’s Constitutional Court will tie the legal bow on what has been a tumultuous period for the country as it rules Friday on whether to formally dismiss or reinstate impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol. A formal announcement is expected at 11 a.m. local time Friday (10 p.m. ET Thursday).
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A barbed-wire fence is seen at the site of the former Nazi German concentration and extermination camp Auschwitz-Birkenau prior to the 80th anniversary of the liberation of the camp in Brzezinka, Poland.

REUTERS/Aleksandra Szmigiel

Hard Numbers: Commemorating Auschwitz liberation, South Korea’s Yoon indicted, Trump fires IGs, Germans protest far right, Rubio freezes US aid, Ancient statue trashed

80: Monday marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz death camp in Poland. Dozens of survivors of the Nazi camp — where 960,000 Jews and 1.1 million people total were murdered — will be on hand for the commemoration alongside world leaders and royalty. The US Presidential Delegation includes Steve Witkoff, US Special Envoy to the Middle East, Howard Lutnick, nominee for Secretary of Commerce, and Charles Kushner, father of Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner.

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FILE PHOTO: Supporters of impeached South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol participate in a rally outside the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, South Korea, January 18, 2025.

REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon/File Photo

Yoon dodges questioning after supporters storm court

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeolrefused to accompany police officers for questioning on Monday, after his supporters stormed a court that approved his continued detention on Sunday. Ninety people were detained during the clash, and other people who participated are being identified for prosecution.

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What We’re Watching: Yoon arrested, Controversial nominee, Gaza ceasefire prospects, Trump’s latest tariff idea, NATO’s Baltic patrols
What We’re Watching: Yoon arrested, Controversial nominee, Gaza ceasefire prospects, Trump’s latest tariff idea, NATO’s Baltic patrols

South Korean President Yoon arrested

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested by officers from the national corruption authority after an hours-long standoff on Wednesday morning. His detainment comes six weeks after his short-lived imposition of martial law, for which he was impeached and suspended from office, but his final removal is pending a ruling from the Constitutional Court.

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U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken holds a joint press conference with South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae Yul following their talks in Seoul on Jan. 6, 2025.

Kyodo via Reuters

South Korean authorities get extension to Yoon arrest warrant

South Korean anti-corruption authorities reached a deal with police to extend their warrant against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday after failing to arrest him on Friday. A six-hour standoff with presidential security in the official residence amounted to nothing, and the corruption investigators have asked the National Police Agency to take over the responsibility of detaining Yoon. Authorities have not disclosed the new extension's expiration date.

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Police vans are lined up in front of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025.

The Yomiuri Shimbun via Reuters

Authorities try to arrest impeached South Korean president

It’s a standoff. Officers from South Korea’s anti-corruption authority arrived at the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s on Friday morning to serve an arrest warrant over his attempt to impose martial law last month. They were confronted by a crowd of Yoon supporters who had gathered gathered outside to try to thwart the arrest.
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Demonstrators opposing the court's approval of an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol protest outside his official residence in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024.

REUTERS/Kim Soo-hyeon

South Korea calls for arrest of former president

South Korea’s political drama continues into 2025 after the issuance ofan unprecedented arrest warrant against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. Yoon ignored three summonses to appear for questioning over the past two weeks on charges of insurrection and abuse of power. The charges stem from Yoon’s short-liveddeclaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, over what he deemed “anti-state forces” and obstructionism by opposition rivals.

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