South Korean President Yoon Seok-yol was arrested.

Investigators have arrested South Korean President Yun Seok-yol. This was reported by the Yonhap news agency on January 15.

The Corruption Investigation Office arrested the country's leader at his residence at 10:33 local time (4:33 Moscow time). Yoon Seok-yeol will be taken to the government complex in Gwacheon. The investigation is expected to begin as soon as the president arrives at the government building.

"This is an unprecedented case in constitutional history for a sitting president to be arrested by an investigative body," the agency said.

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Earlier in the day, Yonhap News Agency reported that a second attempt to arrest Yoon Seok-yeol had begun. For this purpose, several prosecutors and investigators traveled from the police department to the presidential residence in Seoul. It was noted that the first attempt was unsuccessful.

Prior to that, on January 7, it was reported that in South Korea, the court issued a warrant for the re-arrest of the president of the republic, as in the first attempt to arrest the investigators encountered difficulties in executing the warrant.

In late December, the court issued the first arrest warrant for Yoon Seok-yeol. On January 3, it was reported that law enforcers arrived at the South Korean president's residence to arrest him. It was specified that a total of about 150 law enforcement officers were sent - about 30 employees of the anti-corruption investigation office for high-ranking officials and 120 police officers. Then it was also reported that the President's security service did not allow the investigation to search his residence in Seoul. The President's lawyers said that the arrest warrant was invalid.

The situation in the Republic of Korea escalated in early December 2024, when President Yun Seok-yol declared martial law. The reason for this 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.