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☆ South Korean protesters brave cold and snow to demand Yoon’s ouster as detention deadline looms
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-05 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Ap-Live-Blog-Byline-Image.Png | The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

There were no immediate indications that anti-corruption authorities were ready to send investigators back to the residence as of Sunday afternoon. Staff from the presidential security service were seen installing barbed wire near the gate and along the hills leading up to Yoon’s residence over the weekend, possibly in preparation for another detention attempt. If the anti-corruption agency manages to detain Yoon, it will likely ask a court for permission to make a formal arrest. Park said he instructed his members not to use violence during their standoff with investigators and called for the anti-corruption agency and police to change their approach. Park and the deputy chief of the presidential security service defied summonses on Saturday from police, who planned to question them over the suspected obstruction of official duty following Friday’s events.

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean authorities moved Friday to carry out an unprecedented arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched attempt to declare martial law in a dramatic standoff at the presidential residence where Yoon has been staying since he was impeached last month. Two hours into the standoff, officials said the police special force escorting investigators had reached the presidential security detail closest to the building that contains Yoon. They said about an hour later that the arrest warrant had been served to the presidential security chief, Park Jong-joon. The Presidential Security Service told NBC News that it was required by law to protect the president, including from anyone entering the premises to execute warrants. The main opposition Democratic Party warned that Park and other members of the presidential security detail could face “severe legal judgment” if they hindered Yoon’s arrest.

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A Seoul court issues a detention warrant for Yoon over his failed attempt to impose martial law, making him the first sitting South Korean president to face arrest. Officials said Yoon's arrest warrant had been served to the presidential security chief, Park Jong-joon, at 10:11 a.m. Friday. Though Yoon, 64, is not the first South Korean president to be impeached, he would be the East Asian democracy's first sitting president to be arrested. "Our country belongs to each and every person in South Korea and not a government or a party." State media in North Korea, which technically remains at war with the South, said Friday that the crisis in South Korea had resulted in "paralysis of its state administration and spiraling socio-political confusion."

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☆ South Korean millennials and Gen Z are raging against the idea of a 69-hour workweek. They are tired, having fewer babies, and are even working themselves to death.
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-06 | by ( Nidhi Pandurangi | Reena Koh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

The South Korean government wants to increase the workweek to 69 hours. The 69-hour limit relates to a six-day workweek, while the 80.5-hour limit is applicable for a seven-day workweek, according to South Korean outlet Han Kyeo Re. In 2020, 14 delivery couriers in South Korea died of overwork stemming from increased deliveries during the COVID-19 pandemic, Reuters reported, citing a union representative. Notably, the culture of long working hours and death linked to overworking is not specific to South Korea. However, the government is trying to disconnect longer working hours from low birth rates.

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