South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.

South Korea’s ruling party has blamed ‘Chinese people’ for Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment, a move critics warn could strain relations with Beijing and deepen domestic divides, according to a report

South Korean authorities have granted a request to extend a warrant to detain the country’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his surprise declaration of martial law last month.

Antony Blinken traveled to South Korea as an affirmation of continued support for the East Asian nation as it struggles to navigate a historic constitutional crisis.

The political standoff in South Korea escalates as impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol remains in the presidential compound, resisting detention efforts. A controversial martial law declaration has led to political aftershocks,

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached by parliament over his abortive attempt at martial law on December 3, 2024. However, a video that social media posts claimed shows his supporters rallying against the impeachment motion is unrelated.

The conservative leader was stripped of his duties by parliament on December 14, following a short-lived martial law declaration that plunged the country into its worst political crisis in decades

South Korea has been grappling with political and legal turmoil since impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol’s martial law declaration last month. The investigation into Yoon and his impeachment trial by the Constitutional Court has exposed cracks in the judicial system.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency said on Monday that it had asked police to take over the execution of an arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The request comes after a failed attempt to execute an arrest warrant on Friday following a tense stand-off with presidential guards who formed a human chain to block access by the investigators.

Dozens of anti-corruption agency investigators and assisting police officers attempted to detain the impeached president on Friday but retreated from his residence in Seoul after a tense five-hour standoff with the presidential security service.