{"id":2390389,"date":"2025-01-14T23:10:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-authorities-detain-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2025-01-14T23:11:29","modified_gmt":"2025-01-15T04:11:29","slug":"south-korean-authorities-detain-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/south-korean-authorities-detain-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korean authorities detain impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol &#8211; Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsouth-korean-authorities-detain-impeached-president-yoon-suk-yeol-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2390389&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ray-epps-charged-with-misdemeanor-over-j6-capitol-protest\/\" title=\"Ray Epps faces misdemeanor charges for his involvement in the J6 Capitol protest.\">provided text appears<\/a> to be a mix of HTML code and XML elements, \u200dpossibly from a website&#8217;s source code, related to a mobile interface featuring\u200c a search functionality and\u200b navigation options. 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He said he would &ldquo;fight to the end&rdquo; against the efforts to oust him as president.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Now that Yoon has been apprehended, investigators will likely ask a court for permission to make a formal arrest. If not granted, Yoon will be released after 48 hours.<\/p>\n<p>The Constitutional Court has been deliberating on whether to reinstate Yoon or remove him from office. The first hearing was on Tuesday but lasted only a short time because of Yoon&rsquo;s absence. 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