2025-01-15
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On today's program, South Korea's anti corruption agencies detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol following an hours long standoff.
Workers and soldiers continue to support people in the quake zone in southwestern China and China recorded over 170 million trips on the first day of the annual Spring Festival travel rush.
In business, China's high quality growth numbers for 2024.
In sports, the latest action from the first major of the new tennis season.
In culture and entertainment, new music from a virtuoso on an ancient Chinese instrument.
Now checking the day's top stories.
South Korea's anti corruption agency arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday morning, roughly five hours and 20 minutes after initiating efforts to execute a warrant.
Yoon becomes the country's first sitting president to be taken into custody.
Jung Yoon has more from Seoul.
The operation to arrest Yong began at approximately 5:10am when CIO investigators and police presented arrest and search warrants to Yong's legal team at the residence.
They then proceeded with the enforcement process.
In contrast to the first attempt to execute the arrest warrant on January 3, the Presidential Security service reportedly did not interfere with the warrant's execution this time.