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Authorities investigating suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrived at his residence Wednesday in a second attempt to detain him over his ill-fated martial law declaration last month.
Police dispatched some 3,200 officers to the president’s sprawling hillside estate in Seoul, according to Reuters, where he has spent weeks in hiding whilst surrounded by a personal security detail.
Video shows officers closing in on Yoon’s residence, according to Reuters, where hundreds of his supporters had already gathered to protest on his behalf. Earlier, they were reportedly seen pushing through a group of them.
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A previous attempt to detain Yoon was called off on Jan. 3 following a six-hour standoff between military guards and the president’s security staff.
«As I have repeatedly emphasized the need for prevention of physical conflict between state agencies,» Acting President Choi Sang-mok said in a statement Wednesday. «I will sternly hold those responsible if unfortunate events occur.»
Authorities are making a second attempt to detain suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol following last month’s martial law declaration. (South Korea Presidential Office via AP, File)
Executing a warrant for Yoon’s arrest has proven difficult for investigators, as the president’s legal counsel insists it is impossible to do so under a law barring non-consensual searches of locations potentially linked to military secrets.
Yoon’s lawyers have also decried such a warrant as an illegal means of publicly humiliating him.
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The arrest warrant is the first ever to be levied against a sitting South Korean president. Yoon’s warrant stems from his declaration of martial law on Dec. 3 out of apparent frustration with the opposition-dominated parliament’s refusal to pass key items on his political agenda.
The move was decried within South Korea and abroad, where analysts expressed shock at the sudden and unprecedented move in what is typically one of Asia’s most stable democracies.
Police officers are seen closing in on suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s residence in Seoul, South Korea, alongside investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials. (REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji)
Parliament unanimously rejected Yoon’s declaration, and subsequently suspended him on Dec. 14 in a 204-85 vote that included members of his own party.
Yoon will be formally impeached should the Constitutional Court uphold the motion with a three-fourths majority.
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The court’s next hearing is scheduled for Thursday.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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Russia hits Zelenskyy’s hometown as Ukraine signals it’s ready for peace
Russia carried out an attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, that left one woman dead and multiple injured, according to Reuters, which cited Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak. The attack comes after Ukraine agreed to the US ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the brutal three-year war.
The location of the attack may have been meant to send a message directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as it is his hometown. Kryvyi Rih has taken multiple hits from Russia over the course of the war.
Prior to the overnight attack, the city took a blow on March 6 when a Russian missile attack left four dead and 32 injured, according to Reuters.
Russia’s attack comes at a pivotal time in the war as Ukraine appears to be turning its focus to peace. Ukrainian officials engaged in talks with their U.S. counterparts this week in Saudi Arabia. The meeting was confirmed by Zelenskyy last week, who said that «Ukraine is most interested in peace.»
A view shows a damaged hotel at the site of a Russian missile strike, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on March 12, 2025. (Reuters/Mykola Synelnykov)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that Ukraine had «accepted» the U.S. ceasefire plan.
«The President’s objective here is, number one, above everything else, he wants the war to end. And I think today Ukraine has taken a concrete step in that regard. We hope the Russians will reciprocate,» Secretary Rubio said on Tuesday while addressing reporters in Saudi Arabia.
U.S. officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Reuters/Getty )
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President Donald Trump addressed the ceasefire while speaking to attendees of the Business Roundtable meeting on Tuesday.
«I’ve been saying that Russia’s been easier to deal with so far than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the way it is,» President Trump said. «But it is, and we hope to get Russia. But we have a full ceasefire from Ukraine. That’s good.»
Kremlin spokesperson Demitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that Russia is holding off on commenting on the U.S.-Ukraine ceasefire proposal until it gets more «detailed information.» Secretary Rubio said the plan will be «directly» delivered to the Russians.
President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images | Contributor/Getty Images | Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Following a tense Oval Office encounter with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, President Zelenskyy appeared to change his tune about the war. Following the meeting, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that President Zelenskyy was «not ready for peace.» However, the two appeared to have reconciled, as Trump read a letter from Zelenskyy during his address to a joint session of Congress last week.
«Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,» President Trump said. «The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians, he said. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’»
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