Morning news brief: Ex-South Korea def min 'attempts suicide', Dhaka admits Hindus being attacked, and more
morning news brief
In a major development, South Korean police raided the office ofPresident Yoon Suk Yeol following the martial law fiasco.Yoon has been under an "insurrection" probe and is facing a travel ban.Amid reports of the raid in the presidential office, Yonhap news agency on Wednesday (Dec 11) reported that South Korea's former defence minister Kim Yong-Hyun tried to kill himself shortly before police formally arrested him over the role he played in martial law operation.
Meanwhile in a rare admission, Dhaka admitted Tuesday that dozens of incidents have taken place against the minority Hindu community.
On Tuesday (Dec 10), the Israeli military announced that they had launched nearly 480 strikes on Syria in the last two days and attacked the country's strategic weapon stockpiles.
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Days after the brief imposition of martial law in South Korea which threw the democracy of the country into chaos, a special investigation unit of police carried out a raid on the office of President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday (Dec 11).
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