Claire Lee

  • Police officers stand at the barricade with supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol as authorities try to detain him near his residence in Seoul on January 15, 2025. Yoon was arrested on January 15 over his failed martial law bid, after hundreds of anti-graft investigators and police raided his residence to end a weeks-long standoff. (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP) (Photo by YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    South Korean police finally arrest impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law fiasco

    By Claire Lee and AFP
  • TOPSHOT – Security personnel walk on a road lined up with buses blocking the entrance gate to protect impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol from a possible second arrest attempt by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO), inside the compound of the presidential residence as seen from a hill in Seoul on January 8, 2025. South Korean anti-graft investigators secured a new court-ordered arrest warrant on January 7 for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil. (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE / AFP) (Photo by JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Impeached South Korea President Yoon’s situation grows shakier as his security chief resigns

    By Claire Lee and AFP
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA – DECEMBER 31: Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally near the presidential residence on December 31, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. A Seoul court issued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched martial law imposition, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face arrest. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images)Politics

    South Korea calls off bid to arrest impeached president after standoff with security

    By Hailey Jo, Claire Lee, and others
  • SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - DECEMBER 14: In this handout photo provided by the South Korean Presidential Office, South Korean President Yoon Suk-Yeol speaks to the nation at the Presidential Office on December 14, 2024 in Seoul, South Korea. The National Assembly voted Saturday to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched imposition of martial law, suspending him from his duties until the Constitutional Court decides whether to reinstate him or remove him from office. (Photo by South Korean Presidential Office via Getty Images)Politics

    On day 3 of standoff at presidential palace, South Korea’s impeached premier resists arrest over martial law bid

    By Claire Lee and AFP