"The Most Dramatic Scene Amid Turbulent Events"... Foreign Media Report 'Execution of Yoon's Arrest Warrant' Simultaneously

Major Foreign Media Outlets Provide Extensive Coverage
BBC, AP, and NYT Highlight the Second Arrest Warrant for President Yoon
International Press Focuses on Political Turmoil and Martial Law in South Korea

On the 15th, as the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) and the police launched a second warrant execution to arrest President Yoon Seok-yeol, major foreign media outlets simultaneously reported the related news.

British broadcaster BBC opened a live page at the top of its homepage to report the execution of the second arrest warrant for President Yoon, stating, "The police broke through up to the third line of defense and arrested Kim Seong-hoon, deputy director of the Presidential Security Service." The outlet also conveyed the heated protest atmosphere around the presidential residence, noting, "Despite the minus 6 degrees Celsius cold, supporters of President Yoon are shouting slogans, waving flags, and placing wreaths typically seen at weddings to show their support." The British daily The Guardian also explained, "Braving the freezing early morning, many people are holding red light sticks, American flags, and banners written in Korean and English, chanting slogans such as 'Stop the theft' and 'Chinese Communist Party, get out,' making baseless claims of election manipulation and Chinese interference."

Homepage of the British BBC broadcast on the 15th.

Japanese newspapers such as Nihon Keizai Shimbun (Nikkei), Asahi, Yomiuri, and Mainichi also prominently featured the news of the second arrest warrant execution against President Yoon at the top of their homepages. Nikkei, which is compiling a timeline of the on-site situation at 15 to 30-minute intervals starting from around 4:15 a.m. when CIO investigators gathered in front of the presidential residence, reported, "Investigators entered the presidential residence around 7:30 a.m.," adding, "It appears they breached the security vehicle barrier to gain entry."

Major news agencies such as the Associated Press (AP) also reported the on-site situation in real time. AP conveyed the vivid scene, stating, "On one side, there are white vans believed to be carrying police and search/arrest teams dressed in black jackets, while on the other side, police wearing yellow vests are monitoring the competing protests." Major foreign media assessed, "President Yoon has been hiding behind barbed wire and a small personal security detail for weeks," and "His declaration of martial law has plunged one of Asia’s most dynamic democracies into unprecedented political turmoil."

Leading U.S. media outlets sharply criticized President Yoon, who has caused political turmoil in South Korea. The New York Times (NYT) pointed out, "President Yoon is the first South Korean leader since the late 1980s, when South Korea began democratizing, to place the country under military rule." The Washington Post (WP) noted, "The scenes that unfolded on this day were the most dramatic events since President Yoon declared martial law last month to exert political control," adding, "The night martial law was declared triggered the worst political crisis in South Korea in decades."

Homepage of The Washington Post (WP) on the 15th.

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