Yoon Suk Yeol this week became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained. The Seoul Detention Center is a far cry ...

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One of the defining characteristics of dictatorship has been direct control of security forces by the head of state. Indeed, the structure for the PSS dates back to South Korea’s long period as ...

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South Korean investigators ... to access the president. Yoon's security service - which still protects Yoon as the country's sitting head of state - has previously blocked attempted police raids of ...

Yoon has been suspended from presidential duties since he was impeached by parliament, but remains in office South Korea's suspended ... Some on social media pointed out that the Yoon's 3% salary ...