South Korean Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun speaks as he participates in the US-Republic of Korea Foreign and Defense Ministerial meeting at the State Department in Washington, DC, on October 31, 2024. Agence France-Presse SEOUL — South Korea&
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Kim Yong-hyun, the former defense minister of South Korea, was taken into custody early Sunday as prosecutors investigated his role in President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived effort last week to impose martial law. That episode set off political uphea