Investigators fail to arrest Yoon Suk-yeol

South Korea's impeached president defies warrant after hourslong standoff

South Korean investigators on Friday abandoned an attempt to execute an arrest warrant on Yoon Suk-yeol, the nation's impeached president, following an hourslong standoff with the presidential security service.

At about 8 am, investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, or CIO, began to enforce the arrest warrant for Yoon at the presidential residence amid an investigation into his declaration of a short-lived martial law a month ago.

The officials were blocked by the presidential security service and a military unit inside the presidential residence, Yonhap News Agency reported.