South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol signed a motion for parliamentary consent to waive immunity from arrest for Lee Jae-myung, the leader of the opposition Democratic Party (DPK), amid corruption investigations, EFE reported on Sept. 19. Lee is three weeks into a hunger strike to protest the charges, which he believes are politically motivated under Yoon.
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