South Korea's president does not intend to participate in further questioning

South Korean President Yun Seok-yol will not attend the interrogation, which is to be held on the second day of his detention, due to poor health. This was announced by the head of state's lawyer Yoon Gap Geun on January 16.

"President Yoon's health is poor and he fully expressed his position yesterday, so there is no need for further investigation," Yonhap News Agency quoted the lawyer as saying.

President Yoon's explanation is, the lawyer clarified, that during the first interrogation by the Corruption Investigation Office...