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NextImg:Yoon's security rebuffs arrest after standoff with police- Washington Examiner

South Korean authorities failed to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after his personal security forces prevented police from entering his residence.

Federal authorities were forced to abandon their plans to arrest Yoon on Friday after civilian supporters and armed Presidential Security Service personnel outnumbered the forces attempting to enter the Seoul residence.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials reported following the incident that “it was virtually impossible to execute the arrest warrant due to the ongoing standoff.”

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol stage a rally to oppose a court having issued a warrant to detain Yoon, near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Jan. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The office received a warrant to detain Yoon for questioning in relation to his ill-fated martial law declaration last month that sent national politics into a spiral.

Political rivals hope to see Yoon charged with abuse of power and insurrection.

Approximately 200 members of the Presidential Security Service were responsible for rebuffing the arrest. While both sides were armed, no guns were drawn in the hourslong standoff as police attempted to gain entrance into Yoon’s residence.

Yoon’s lawyers had previously warned the country that any police officers attempting to arrest him would risk being arrested themselves by his security service.

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Hundreds of the president’s supporters continue to rally in solidarity outside his residence, carrying signs with the slogan “Stop the Steal.”

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions scuffle with police officers as they march toward the presidential residence during a rally demanding the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

The Korean Confederation of Trade Unions has launched a simultaneous sit-in near the residence, promising to strike until the president is removed from his residence and arrested.

“The KCTU will not back down until the door to the presidential official residence is opened and Yoon Suk-yeol is arrested,” the union said.

South Korean officials are reportedly requesting the acting president to order presidential security personnel to stand down.