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South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, faces potential arrest over a martial law declaration.

The bloc has a GDP of around $4.2 trillion and came up during a U.S. Senate hearing on Wednesday.

Impeached leader Yoon Suk Yeol made history this week as the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff.

Yoon Suk Yeol ‘simply refused to speak’

Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president say he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month, maintaining that the investigation is illegal

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol faced renewed questioning Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol impeached and detained over corruption allegations, sparking mixed reactions and shaking up the country's polit...

About a thousand police officers helped detain South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol early Wednesday

Hundreds of officers push past Yoon’s small army of personal security to take the impeached leader into custody.

Impeached president questioned over martial law declaration last month after standoff at his residence