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South Korean announces travel ban on president after martial law attempt
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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, December 7, 2024. (South Korean Presidential Office/Yonhap via AP)
South Korea’s justice ministry says it slapped a travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol as police probe him for insurrection over his ill-fated declaration of martial law.
At a parliamentary hearing, a lawmaker asked whether Yoon, who stands accused of leading an insurrection by declaring martial law Tuesday, had been banned from leaving the country. “Yes, that’s right,” Bae Sang-up, an immigration services commissioner at the Ministry of Justice, said.
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