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Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest fuels divisions in South Korea

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South Korea's suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday morning .

His supporters and detractors rallied outside his presidential compound in central Seoul .

Yoon 's arrest highlights the divide in a country that has already been deeply polarised by his short-lived martial law order and impeachment by parliament.

Both sides say they want but cannot agree on how to get there.

Public attention will be on what statements, if any, Yoon makes while he is detained or under trial. The fear is that the whatever comes next for Yoon , the polarisation that has come to define South Korean politics is here to stay..

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informal

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English

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46

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possibly offensive

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short-lived

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