Talk:Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol

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Speedy closed, 5 January 2025, from Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff to Attempted arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol, see discussion.
Moved, 15 January 2025, from Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff to Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol, see discussion.

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Date format

Article needs to have a concise date format ... Some parts say "January 3" and others "3 January" and so on.

Greetings everyone, happy New Year. CoryGlee (talk) 12:29, 3 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Done by Irvine Sangeng in [1]. 172.97.141.219 (talk) 00:36, 17 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 5 January 2025

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The result of the move request was: Speedy closed since the proposed name became moot once Yoon was arrested. The Mountain of Eden (talk) 03:31, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff → Attempted arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol – "Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff" is poor grammar and is not as clear as the suggested new article name. Aqeccac (talk) 06:33, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support: The standoff is not continuous and "residence standoff" is very vague. 2A02:A03F:8A9B:5D00:149C:2102:14EB:BBE2 (talk) 21:06, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's still ongoing and they haven't retracted the arrest warrant or anything. The events will likely change within the week. Harizotoh9 (talk) 18:28, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support: I agree the proposed change is better than the current title and matches the format used in similar articles. (e.g. Arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Arrest of Apollo Quiboloy.) That said, this title may quickly go out of date and have to be revised again if Yoon is successfully arrested. Tkd1996 (talk) Tkd1996 (talk) 20:11, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Leaning~~ oppose: As far as I can tell, it's an ongoing standoff, not just an attempt that happened in the past and has ended. The arrest warrant is still active, and if he leaves his residence without his guards, Yeol will be arrested. Kejriwal and Quiboloy were successfully arrested, which is not what has happened here. The title of the article about Quiboloy's arrest used "compound standoff" until after he was actually arrested. The article about Kejriwal's arrest wasn't created until after he was arrested. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 20:18, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Sorry for nitpick, "Yoon" is his surname seefooddiet (talk) 23:09, 5 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
No need to apologize; correction acknowledged. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 02:39, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support : "Attempted arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol" is reasonable as per the comment above - it matches the format used in similar articles in wikipedia. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 11:28, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support per above; most of the article mention that Yoon is facing an arrest warrant. Haruka Amaranth 15:26, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose This is no ordinary attempted arrest, the standoff is the most notable part of the event. If there is an Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol after his impeachment in the Constitutional Court, it would merit a separate article. Kenneth Kho (talk) 19:18, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose - is still a standoff. 🗽Freedoxm🗽(talk • contribs) 21:56, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose per the reasons above. It is still premature to move the article since it is an ongoing incident and the situation is more of a standoff and went beyond the normal boundaries and definition of an arrest attempt. NelsonLee20042020 (talk) 14:22, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Speedy close as moot Yoon has been arrested; no longer an "attempt". Ca ^{talk to me!} 02:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol Just a random Wikipedian^(talk) 02:13, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Yoon Seok-yeol suspected of fleeing arrest

Hello, I summarized the issues of the Yoon Seok-yeol and I am looking for the English version news now. please let me know if you can find it. "On January 3, at 8:02am one hour and two minutes after the first arrest attempt on Yoon Seok-yeol began, two bulletproof vehicles used exclusively by Yoon Seok-yeol were captured on video leaving the residence.^[1] Goodtiming8871 (talk) 11:53, 6 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Regarding the updated information, I am planning add English news later if I find it, but for now, I will add the content with only the title in English based on the Korean news. Currently, Yoon Seok-yeol has left his residence and is hiding in an unknown location to avoid arrest, according to a report from the team in charge of Yoon Seok-yeol's security. I think it is benefical to add this content with reference as well. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 11:23, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Could you link the news source that says the team in charge of Yoon has confirmed that he fled? I'm not seeing that in the news in Korean. The latest I've heard is that he was possibly caught on video at the presidential residence, but it's uncertain [2].

Fixed grammar and formatting for an addition you had made citing The Hankyoreh (was this what you were talking about?). It doesn't say that Yoon's team confirmed that he had fled. seefooddiet (talk) 12:08, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

References

^ https://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1176396.html

Photos

I've been present at some of the protests and will be present at 5am KST tomorrow morning at his residence for the beginning of his attempted arrest. I'll be uploading photos to Commons. If you have any requested photos lmk. seefooddiet (talk) 05:59, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It seems like an appropriate measure at this time.

Attaching photos helps to improve the quality of this article in many ways. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 23:52, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Needs an update on this 219.250.213.157 (talk) 15:12, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Requested move 15 January 2025

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The result of the move request was: moved per WP:SNOW. (non-admin closure) Sahaib (talk) 09:33, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Yoon Suk Yeol residence standoff → Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
Domestic and international media outlets have reported the arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol at 10:33 am local time on 15 January.

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"Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol" should work as a title based on prior articles with similar standoffs resulting in arrests, such as Arrest of Apollo Quiboloy and Arrest of Robert Seacat, though discussion can be considered for other possible names such as "Indictment and arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol". Noble Attempt (talk) 02:53, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support, clear and to the point of the article. - Epluribusunumyall (talk) 04:00, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Support It's the common and concise name. Keivan.f^Talk 04:23, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per nom. Ca ^{talk to me!} 04:42, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support per above. HurricaneEdgar 06:59, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support: The arrest has been completed, so it makes sense to name the article as such. 144.178.236.155 (talk) 08:07, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Support: He is already arrested. change title per nom Bruno pnm ars (talk) 08:52, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Arrest

Please provide suggestions for additional content that needs to be supplemented in Arrest, such as attaching additional supporting materials or photos, to help improve the quality. Please include my user-id in your comment so that I can be notified when the content is updated. Goodtiming8871 (talk) 23:56, 15 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Riot deserves own article

As title. The courthouse riot probably deserves its own article. seefooddiet (talk) 19:34, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Seefooddiet, do you have any sources to prove its notability? — 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 20:53, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

It's the front page story right now on every major English-language newspaper on WP:KO/RS. seefooddiet (talk) 20:56, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

~~Seefooddiet, can you provide sources? Saying "it's on the front page of every newspaper in South Korea" doesn't mean anything if you don't post the sources.~~ Thinking about it, I feel that I was too harsh on something so minor. — 💽 🌙Eclipse 💽 🌹 ⚧ ^{(CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST)} 20:58, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Look I understand the sentiment, but it takes two clicks. This isn't a really popular talk page at the moment, nor am I a new user, so this is a bit much. If I linked these pages, are you planning to write the article? I was just pointing out a need, the presence of links will not change the need. seefooddiet (talk) 22:16, 19 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Seefooddiet and LunaEclipse: I have 17 sources at Draft:2025_Seoul_Western_District_Court_riot. 173.206.40.108 (talk) 13:05, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Thank you for making the article! seefooddiet (talk) 02:06, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Uploaded photos and missing information

I was present outside Yoon's residence at the time of arrest and took photos and video: Commons:Category:Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol. However, many aren't in the article yet; the article is still missing a lot of details about what happened those two days. Keep in mind WP:GALLERIES; it's preferred to not force the use of galleries in articles, and instead put photos next to text where relevant.

Examples of missing info: covering the right-wing protests, the crowd pushing up against the police to try and block Yoon's motorcade from leaving, the far-right YouTubers and influencers, and detailed timeline of the arrest. This live thread is pretty good for detailed timeline: [8]. Just be sure to convert dates/times from your local time to KST. seefooddiet (talk) 20:13, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

[1] ttps://www.hani.co.kr/arti/politics/politics_general/1176396.html

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