South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol arrested and questioned for hours

Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration last month after standoff at his residence

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was arrested and questioned for hours over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, handing himself in after an early-morning standoff outside his official residence in Seoul.

His detention on Wednesday makes him the first sitting president in the country’s history to be arrested.

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