President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken into custody by a joint probe team at 10:33 a.m. Wednesday, according to police and the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, 12 days after being repelled in its initial attempt to detain him.

Yoon arrived at the CIO headquarters of the CIO in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, for questioning over his martial law declaration in December.

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    South Korea is showing the world how it’s done right. Especially the citizens were an prime example of how to stand up for democracy.

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        A lot of them listened to the parliament, the representation of the people, and not to the dictator, the representative of the oligarchs. That’s what makes them good citizens, too.