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Presidential Security Service under pressure for blocking Yoon's detention
The Presidential Security Service (PSS) is facing mounting criticism after blocking investigators from executing a warrant to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning in connection with ...
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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s acting leader on Friday accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his ...
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Security Chief Of South Korea's Impeached President Yoon Resigns
Yoon last week resisted arrest in a standoff between his guards and investigators after his short-lived power grab on December 3 plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades. Yoon's ...
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South Korea presidential security service chief resigns
South Korea's acting president Choi Sang Mok on Friday accepted the resignation of the head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS). The PSS head, Park Jong Joon, submitted his resignation ...
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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff
The presidential security service, which controls the residence itself, refused to comment. South Korea’s YTN television reported scuffles as investigators and police confronted the presidential ...
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What to know about the siege outside South Korea's presidential compound
TOKYO (AP) — A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea has been a ... following a standoff with his security service. The thinking is that ...
Top aide of impeached South Korean president pleads for investigators to halt detention efforts
The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has pleaded with law enforcement to abandon their efforts to detain him ...
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Yoon Detainment Standoff Intensifies Amid Resignation of Security Chief
South Korea's interim leader accepted the resignation of Park Jong-joon, head of the presidential security service, amid growing scrutiny. Park faced police questioning after his forces were ...
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Head of South Korea Yoon's security finds himself in spotlight
Critics of the presidential security service call it a relic from the days of South Korea's strongman leaders ... according to media reports. Sign up here. Rudy Giuliani, the former New York ...
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Investigators halt attempt to detain South Korean president after standoff
The agency’s decision followed a dramatic morning when investigators briefly scuffled with security service officers ... is the first sitting president in South Korea’s democratic history ...
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South Korea’s impeached president defies warrant after hours-long standoff
The country’s anti-corruption agency said it withdrew its investigators over concern for their safety after the presidential security service blocked them from entering Yoon’s residence for hours.