PHOTOS: Yoon arrested for martial law declaration

By Cho Bo-hee Posted : January 15, 2025, 11:50 Updated : January 15, 2025, 11:54
SEOUL, January 15 (AJP) - Investigators arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday and transferred him to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials (CIO) for questioning regarding his failed martial law declaration on Dec. 3.  He is the first sitting president in South Korean history to be arrested.

 
윤석열 대통령이 15일 공수처 출석 관련 대국민 담화를 하고 있다 대통령실 제공
President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers a statement at his official residence in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025, before departing for the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. Courtesy of the presidential office.
 
윤석열 대통령이 탄 차량 행렬이 15일 서울 용산구 한남동 대통령 관저에서 과천 공수처로 향하고 있다 yonhap
A convoy of motorcades, believed to be carrying impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, departs his official residence in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2025, en route to the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials in Gwacheon, south of Seoul. Yonhap
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