Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol

Beginning on 3 January 2025, South Korean authorities attempted to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the President of South Korea. Yoon had confined himself at his official presidential residence since his impeachment on 14 December 2024. The arrest warrant, granted on 31 December 2024 by the Seoul Western District Court, stemmed from investigations into Yoon's martial law declaration on 3 December 2024, as well as his refusal to attend any of the three summons demanded by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials. On 15 January, after an infiltration of his residence, Yoon handed himself over to the Corruption Investigation Office, ending the arrest effort. The initial and unsuccessful arrest operation on 3 January resulted in a complex security standoff at his presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, involving multiple security forces and lasting several hours. After roughly six hours of confrontation at Yoon's residence...