Yonhap reported on police obtaining the right to arrest South Korea's president

The Anti-Corruption Investigation Office has given South Korea's police the authority to apply for an arrest warrant for the country's President Yun Seok-yeol in a rebellion case. South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported on January 6.

"The Anti-Corruption Department decided to transfer the execution of the warrant to the police three days after the unsuccessful first execution," the agency said in its material.

It is specified that this warrant expires on January 6. There was no information about its prolongation.

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Earlier, January 4, it was reported that the protesters staged a rally in Seoul after a failed attempt by law enforcement agencies to arrest the President of the Republic.

The day before it became known that law enforcers arrived at the residence of the President of South Korea for his arrest. It is specified that a total of about 150 law enforcement officers were sent - about 30 officers of the anti-corruption investigation office for high-ranking officials and 120 police officers. At the time, it was also reported that the President's security service did not allow the investigation to search his residence in Seoul.

Prior to that, the court issued an arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-yeol on Dec. 31, 2024. The president's lawyers said the arrest warrant was invalid.

The situation in the Republic of Korea escalated in early December, when President Yun Seok-yol declared martial law. The reason for such a step he called the threat of paralysis of power, arising from attempts to conduct impeachment proceedings. Commander of the emergency regime - Chief of Staff of the Ground Forces Park Ahn-soo noted that until the lifting of martial law in the republic prohibited the activities of the parliament, political parties and associations. Military equipment was brought to the streets of Seoul.

The National Assembly (Parliament) of South Korea officially voted to declare impeachment of President Yun Seok-yol on December 14. A total of 204 National Assembly members voted in favor of removing the president from office, while 85 voted against. The Constitutional Court has 180 days to issue a verdict from the time it receives the case.