{"id":2386106,"date":"2025-01-03T12:27:02","date_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:27:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-fail-to-arrest-south-korean-president-after-hourslong-standoff\/"},"modified":"2025-01-03T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T17:28:37","slug":"police-fail-to-arrest-south-korean-president-after-hourslong-standoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/police-fail-to-arrest-south-korean-president-after-hourslong-standoff\/","title":{"rendered":"Police fail to arrest South Korean president after hourslong standoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fpolice-fail-to-arrest-south-korean-president-after-hourslong-standoff%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2386106&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses a failure by South \u200bKorean authorities to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol during a lengthy standoff. His <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">personal security personnel \u200bobstructed police attempts<\/a> to take him\u2062 into custody.The \u2062situation highlighted tensions surrounding his impeachment \u200dand raised questions \u200dabout the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-judiciary-committee-holds-hearing-to-address-threats-of-child-abuse-sexual-exploitation\/\" title=\"House Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Child Abuse and Sexual Exploitation Threats.\">challenges law enforcement faces<\/a> in apprehending figures with notable personal protection. The event underscores ongoing political \u2063instability in South Korea.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Police fail to arrest impeached South Korean president after hourslong standoff<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1903377\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/south-korea\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">South Korean authorities<\/a> failed to arrest impeached <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3274157\/impeached-south-korean-president-threatens-arrest-anyone-trying-arrest-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">President Yoon Suk Yeol<\/a> after his personal security forces prevented <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">police<\/a> from entering his residence.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Federal authorities were forced to abandon their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3274157\/impeached-south-korean-president-threatens-arrest-anyone-trying-arrest-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">plans to arrest Yoon<\/a> on Friday after civilian supporters and armed Presidential Security Service personnel outnumbered the forces attempting to enter the Seoul residence.<\/p>\n<p>The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials reported following the incident that &ldquo;it was virtually impossible to execute the arrest warrant due to the ongoing standoff.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The office received a warrant to detain Yoon for questioning in relation to his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/impeached-south-korean-president-rallies-supporters-and-will-fight-to-the-end\/\" title=\"Impeached South Korean president rallies supporters and will &#039;fight to the end&#039;\">ill-fated martial law declaration<\/a> last month that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3249370\/south-korea-president-yoon-ousted-disgrace-martial-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">sent national politics into a spiral<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Political rivals hope to see Yoon charged with abuse of power and insurrection.<\/p>\n<p>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&rsquo;s residence.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon&rsquo;s lawyers had <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/world\/3272142\/south-korean-president-yoon-suk-yeol-claims-prosecution-immunity-authorities-seek-warrant\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">previously warned<\/a> the country that any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-walk-through-san-francisco-with-florida-governor-ron-desantis\/\" title=\"Florida Governor Ron DeSantis strolls through San Francisco.\">police officers attempting<\/a> to arrest him would risk being arrested themselves by his security service.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of the president&rsquo;s supporters continue to rally in solidarity outside his residence, carrying signs with the slogan &ldquo;Stop the Steal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">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)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The KCTU will not back down until the door to the presidential official residence is opened and Yoon Suk-yeol is arrested,&rdquo; the union said.<\/p>\n<p>South Korean officials are reportedly requesting the acting president to order presidential security personnel to stand down.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1903377\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1903377\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police unable to arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol due to standoff with his security forces<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3468,"featured_media":2386107,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25003305959355.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3967,3669,34188,4703],"class_list":["post-2386106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-police","tag-president","tag-south-korea","tag-standoff"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25003305959355.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3468"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386106"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2386110,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386106\/revisions\/2386110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2386107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}