SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Police said Wednesday they are tracking President Yoon Suk Yeol’s location amid rumors he may have fled from his residence while facing the threat of arrest over his short-lived imposition of martial law. “We cannot specifically disclose President Yoon’s location,” a police official told Yonhap News Agency. “We continue [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The state anti-corruption agency has asked the police to take over the execution of a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid, both sides said Monday, prompting protests from Yoon’s legal team and the police. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – President Yoon Suk Yeol’s legal defense team on Monday filed complaints with the prosecution against the head of the state anti-corruption agency and 10 others over last week’s attempt to execute a warrant to detain the impeached president. An attempt by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Investigators attempting to execute a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed martial law bid were locked in a standoff with the Presidential Security Service outside the presidential residence Friday. Investigators with the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) presented warrants to detain Yoon [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The state anti-corruption agency is likely to proceed with a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as early as Thursday after a Seoul court granted the warrant over his brief imposition of martial law. The Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant against Yoon on Tuesday on [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court on Tuesday issued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face arrest. The Seoul Western District Court approved a request from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — A joint investigation team said Monday it has sought an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law, making him the first sitting president to face arrest. The team said it sought the warrant on insurrection and abuse of power charges after Yoon [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol has appointed a legal defense team to handle his impeachment trial and investigations related to his brief imposition of martial law, his representatives said Friday. Bae Bo-yoon, a former Constitutional Court scholar who worked as a court spokesperson during the impeachment trial of former President [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court is set to hold the first preparatory hearing Friday of a trial on the validity of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment by the National Assembly over his brief imposition of martial law. The hearing, scheduled for 2 p.m., will bring together the legal representatives of both [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol ordered the deletion of a public curfew in an initial draft of the martial law decree issued earlier this month, a lawyer for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun claimed Thursday. Kim’s lawyer, Yoo Seung-soo, said the former minister had originally written the draft that included [...]