Battling huge crowds, scaling walls… How South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol was finally arrested

Authorities in South Korea arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday from the presidential compound. The detention was nothing short of dramatic — officials had to cut barbed wire, scale walls and fight off supporters. This marks the end of a weeks-long standoff, making Yoon the first sitting president to be arrested in the nation’s history

Battling huge crowds, scaling walls… How South Korea’s Yoon Suk Yeol was finally arrested
Authorities in South Korea arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday from the presidential compound. The detention was nothing short of dramatic — officials had to cut barbed wire, scale walls and fight off supporters. This marks the end of a weeks-long standoff, making Yoon the first sitting president to be arrested in the nation’s history