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The arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol and the glow up of Lux Helsinki

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15 January 2025

Episode 3472

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Yoon Suk Yeol becomes South Korea’s first sitting president to be arrested and Mozambique inaugurates president Daniel Chapo despite deadly unrest over his disputed election. Then: we head to Finland to learn more about Lux Helsinki, a popular light art festival. Plus: Paris Design Week and Maison&Objet kicks off today in the French capital. 

15 January 2025

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South Korea’s president arrested by anti-corruption investigators

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South Korea’s president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been detained, several hours after hundreds of police officers arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials conducted a two-hour interrogation of the president, in which Yoon refused to testify. Edward Howell joins Georgina Godwin with the latest.

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