South Korean court issues arrest warrant for Yoon
Voice of America
FILE - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol delivers an address to the nation from the Presidential Office in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 7, 2024. On Tuesday, a South Korean court approved an arrest warrant for Yoon, who was impeached Dec. 14, 2024. (Presidential Office via Reuters)
A South Korean court has approved an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces insurrection charges over his attempt to impose martial law earlier this month.
FILE - South African dancer and choreographer Dada Masilo poses on Sept. 26, 2012, in Lyon, central France.
Protesters hold a "March for Unity" rally at the Central Shaheed Minar, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Dec. 31, 2024.
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, Dec. 25, 2024. (Kazakhstan Emergencies Ministry/Handout via Reuters)
In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Lai Ching-te waves with the Taiwanese flag during a flag-raising ceremony in Taipei, Taiwan, Jan. 1, 2025.
FILE - Getachew Reda, representative of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, looks on during a news conference at the Department of International Relations and Cooperation offices in Pretoria, South Africa, on Nov. 2, 2022.
FILE - A Syrian Kurd waves the flag of YPG (People's Protection Units) near Qamishli's airport in northeastern Syria on December 8, 2024, following the fall of the capital Damascus to anti-government fighters.
Students march on New Years Eve during a protest that erupted after a concrete canopy fell two months ago and killed 15 people in Belgrade, Serbia, Dec. 31, 2024.
FILE - A bus moves past a bridge with the backdrop of the financial district of Pudong in Shanghai, China, Sept. 27, 2024
FILE - Ivorian soldiers conduct an urban reconnaissance exercise under the supervision of French special forces at Camp Loumbila, Jacqueville, Ivory Coast, on Feb. 16, 2022. Ivory Coast said on Dec. 31, 2024, that French troops will leave the country in the next month.