🇰🇷 South Korea court approves arrest of President Yoon in martial law investigation

A South Korean court gave authorities approval on Tuesday to arrest President Yoon Suk-yeol after he was impeached and suspended from power for imposing martial law, marking the first time that a sitting president of the country has faced arrest.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) confirmed the Seoul Western District Court approved an arrest warrant requested by investigators examining Yoon's short-lived imposition of martial law.

The current arrest warrant is viable until Jan. 6, and once it is exercised, Yoon is expected to be held at the Seoul Detention Center.

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The first edition of Lalkar for 2025 is out now! This one features articles on the fall of Syria, the failed coup in US occupied Korea, Mozambique and the US electoral interference in Romania.

https://www.lalkar.org/issue/2025/1

Despite having been essentially defeated some years ago, jihadi mercenaries backed by the USA and Turkey were left to regroup and rearm in the northwestern province of Idlib.

This failure to complete their ejection from Syrian soil has had devastating consequences for the Syrian people, who have already endured so much since the onset of the west’s regime-change war in 2011.

https://thecommunists.org/2025/01/01/news/sad-downfall-syrian-government-bashar-al-assad/