Attempt to arrest South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fails

YEREVAN, JANUARY 3, ARMENPRESS. South Korea's presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside Yoon's compound in the heart of Seoul, reports Reuters.

Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his Dec. 3 martial law bid that stunned South Korea and led to the first arrest warrant to be issued for a sitting president.

"It was judged that it was virtually impossible to execute the arrest warrant due to the ongoing stand-off," according to Reuters, the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) said in a statement.