South Korean President Detained in Dramatic Compound Raid After Martial Law Chaos
variety.comNaman Ramachandran South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained Wednesday morning following a tense standoff at his presidential compound, marking the first time a sitting president has been apprehended in the nation’s history, per the Associated Press.
The political drama unfolded like a blockbuster production, with black SUVs, police escorts, and a five-hour siege of the presidential residence that saw law enforcement scaling buses and snipping barbed wire to reach the defiant leader.
Yoon, who had been holed up in his Hannam-dong residence for weeks, maintained his theatrical stance until the end, recording a video message before his arrest where he declared that “the rule of law has completely collapsed in this country.” The impeached president’s Dec.
3 martial law declaration — which opposition lawmakers dramatically thwarted by breaking through military blockades — culminated in his Dec.
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