South Korea Political Correspondent
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And does it look at this point as though they will be able in the end to execute the arrest warrant this time? Because last time they had to give up. That's true. It's unsure how long this execution is going to take or whether it's actually going to success in the end.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
But around 10,000 officers were deployed to execute the arrest warrant, which is around eight times more than the first attempt, where the police and the CIO retrieved after six hours of confrontation with the presidential service. And additional vehicles were also deployed by the PSS to surround the compound to stop the arrest.
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Right. It all started with December 3rd martial law declaration by the president, Yoon Sung-yeol. And he then took back the martial law declaration about six hours later. And the parliament voted to impeach him. And I mean, the impeachment bill passed, but now it's up to a constitutional court whether to uphold the impeachment of the suspended President Yoon Sung-yeol. And they got 180 days.
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So the first hearing happened on 14th, which is yesterday, local time. But the suspended leader did not attend the hearing. Now, this is just delaying the procedure. And if the constitutional court upholds the impeachment, South Korea will have to have the presidential election within 60 days.
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Talks between Israel and Hamas continue in Qatar
Now it's past 7 a.m. local time, and the corruption investigation officers backed by the police have reportedly entered into the presidential residence. The corruption investigation officers and the presidential security service faced off in front of the main gate for about an hour and 20 minutes. However, around 5.45 a.m., police units began using force to push through the barricades.