Impeached South Korean President Yoon indicted over martial law, reports say
South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law, Yonhap news agency reported.
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South Korean prosecutors have indicted the impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his imposition of martial law, Yonhap news agency reported.
Yoon's lawyers could also file a petition to challenge the court's arrest warrant.
South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.
Yoon Suk Yeol, the impeached president of South Korea, was detained Wednesday, one day after a hearing was held to remove him from office. He was taken from his official residence in a convoy of law enforcement vehicles. He was impeached last month after briefly declaring martial law.
South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested after a massive operation involving over 3,000 police officers at the country's presidential compound. Yoon is being investigated for criminal insurrection in the wake of his botched attempt to impose martial law last month. BBC News reporter Juna Moon joins CBS News with more from Seoul.
After analyzing the devices, the U.S. National Transportation Safety Board concluded that both the flight data and cockpit voice recorders stopped working about four minutes before the crash.
The black boxes of a Boeing jetliner that crashed in South Korea last month stopped recording about four minutes before the accident that killed 179 people, officials said Saturday.
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South Korean officials left the home of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol without him after a near-six-hour standoff. Yuna Ku with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.
South Korean investigators left the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a near-six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempt to detain him.
The flight was carrying 181 passengers and crew when it belly-landed before slamming into a barrier, killing all aboard except two flight attendants.
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A South Korean court issued warrants Tuesday to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office and residence over his short-lived declaration of martial law.
U.S. federal investigators are heading to South Korea to help figure out what caused the fiery crash landing of a Boeing jet. All but two of the 181 people on board were killed. Elizabeth Palmer has details.
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It could take years until more details emerge about what caused the South Korean plane crash that killed 179 people. Robert Sumwalt, the former chairman of the National Transportation Safety Board, joined CBS News with more.
A plane crash in South Korea on Sunday killed 179 people. Video shows the plane veering down a runway without its landing gear before hitting a concrete wall and bursting into flames. CBS News' Elizabeth Palmer has the latest on the investigation.
179 people died and only two survived after a plane crashed shortly after landing on a South Korean airport runway. Jean Mackenzie with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more on what's known about the crash.
All 175 passengers and four crew members were killed when a Jeju Airline flight returning to South Korea from Bangkok crashed. The landing gear failed to deploy and the plane crashed into a perimeter wall after landing and burst into flames. Two crew members survived. Elizabeth Palmer reports.
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South Korea's acting President Han Duck-soo has been impeached by the opposition party controlling the National Assembly. This comes weeks after President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposed martial law, leading to his own impeachment. Jean Mackenzie with BBC News, a CBS News partner, has more.
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