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Police vans are lined up in front of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's official residence in Seoul on Jan. 3, 2025.
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Authorities try to arrest impeached South Korean president

It’s a standoff. Officers from South Korea’s anti-corruption authority arrived at the residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s on Friday morning to serve an arrest warrant over his attempt to impose martial law last month. Confronted by a crowd of Yoon supporters and a military unit, they were unable to execute the warrant.

​Demonstrators opposing the court's approval of an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol protest outside his official residence in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 31, 2024.
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South Korea calls for arrest of former president

South Korea’s political drama continues into 2025 after the issuance of an unprecedented arrest warrant against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea: Guy who replaced the impeached guy gets impeached
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South Korea: Guy who replaced the impeached guy gets impeached

This story gets wilder by the day. On Friday, less than two weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol was stripped of his duties for attempting to impose martial law, the opposition impeached his successor, Yoon’s fellow People Party member Han Duck-soo.

South Koreans hold a mass rally demanding the impeachment and imprisonment of President Yoon Suk-Yeol near the National Assembly in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 7.
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Is anyone in charge of South Korea?

President Yoon Suk Yeol survived this weekend's impeachment vote because fellow conservatives, in a show of unity, walked out of the National Assembly on Saturday. But his People Power Party is pushing for Yoon's resignation and an end to the chaos. We delve into what the coming weeks will mean for Yoon, South Korea, and the region.

South Korea’s presidential election slugfest
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South Korea’s presidential election slugfest

Move over BTS, Parasite, and Squid Game. The biggest show in South Korea now is voting for president.

The other big elections of 2022
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The other big elections of 2022

A few days ago we previewed five major elections to watch in 2022. Here are some others we'll be paying close attention to in the months ahead.

South Korea's delicate US-China balancing act
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South Korea's delicate US-China balancing act

South Korea is a close US ally, but also shares a border and does a lot of trade with China, so it's always walking a tightrope between Washington and Beijing. The South Koreans, says veteran Korea correspondent Jean Lee, are worried about growing US-China competition — but there's not much they can do about it. Watch a clip of Lee's interview with Ian Bremmer on GZERO World.