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 forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.

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South Korea’s acting leader accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon.

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South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

South Korea's presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, and as investigators prepared to make a fresh arrest attempt. 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 Presidential Security S…

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Security Chief Of South Korea's Impeached President Resigns

South Korea’s acting leader has accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol l...

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The chief of the presidential security service in South Korea, Park Jong-joon, resigned from his position amid a political stalemate as federal authorities seek to arrest the country’s impeached president. Park filed his resignation to Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok on Friday before turning himself over for questioning. He previously ignored multiple demands to speak with police. Park oversaw the presidential security personnel that rejecte…

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On January 10, South Korea's acting President Choi Sang-mok accepted the resignation of Presidential Security Service chief Park Jong-joon, who is facing questioning by police and has called for the investigation into impeached President Yoon Seok-yul to be conducted in a manner "befitting a sitting president".

1月10日，韓國代理總統崔相默接受了總統安全局局長朴鐘俊的辭職。朴鐘俊正面臨警方的質詢，他呼籲對被彈劾總統尹錫悅的調查應以「適合現任總統身分」的方式進行。

韓國總統警衛處長辭職 籲勿暴力逮捕尹錫悅

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Park Jong-joon says citizens concerned about violence if authorities push ahead with bid to arrest suspended president.

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The acting leader also expressed regret over the clashes between law enforcement officials and the presidential security service and called for lawmakers to reach a bipartisan agreement to launch an independent probe

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SEOUL (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 forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week. The acting leader, Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok, also expressed regret over the clashes between law enforcement officials and the presidential security service a…

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The interim leader and vice-prime minister of South Korea, Choi Sang-mok, accepted the resignation of the head of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, who faced a police interrogation about how his forces blocked efforts to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol, responsible for imposing martial law in December and whose impeachment was approved last week. The presidential security service prevented a first attempt by the Corruption Invest…

O líder interino e vice-primeiro-ministro da Coreia do Sul, Choi Sang-mok, aceitou nesta sexta-feira (10), a renúncia do chefe do serviço de segurança presidencial, Park Jong-joon, que enfrentou um interrogatório policial sobre como suas forças bloquearam os esforços para deter o presidente Yoon Suk Yeol, responsável por impor a lei marcial em dezembro e teve o impeachment aprovado na semana passada. O serviço de segurança presidencial evitou um…

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South Korea's interim leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in 6th para)By Kim Han-joo SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Yonhap)

South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief

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