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Hailey JO

DARK SECRETS: South korea ex defence chief reportedly arrested as president hangs on - The Real Truth

South Korean ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun has been arrested, local media reported (Credit: AFP)

South Korea's former defence minister was arrested Sunday, local media reported, a day after President Yoon Suk Yeol survived an impeachment vote over his calamitous attempt to impose martial law.

The motion failed due to a boycott of the vote by Yoon's party, even though huge crowds braved freezing temperatures in another night of protests outside parliament in Seoul to demand the president's ouster.

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