South Korean authorities have granted a request to extend a warrant to detain the country’s suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his surprise declaration of martial law last month.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.

Investigators fail to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol after standoff with presidential security - Anti-corruption agency expresses ‘serious regret about attitude of suspect who did not respond to a process by la

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s lawyer Yoon Kab-keun said the suspended President is currently at his official residence and appeared healthy, amid speculation over the suspended leader’s whereabouts. File | Photo Credit: Reuters

A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol, the embattled leader who plunged the country into political chaos by his shock decision to declare martial law nearly a month ago.

Impeached leader’s security prevent police from executing warrant to detain him for questioning over last month’s martial law decree

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol's security chief said on Friday the impeached leader, who faces arrest over a criminal probe into his Dec. 3 martial law bid, has been unfairly treated for a sitting leader and warned bloodshed must be avoided.

The support rate for South Korea’s main opposition that has been leading the impeachment campaign against President Yoon Suk Yeol dived, as investigators struggle to arrest the embattled leader.

South Korea's presidential security chief said Friday there must be no bloodshed if another arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is executed by investigators over his failed martial law bid.