The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials will likely seek a new court warrant to extend the window for Yoon’s detention, according to police.

Dozens of anti-corruption agency investigators and assisting police officers attempted to detain the impeached president on Friday but retreated from his residence in Seoul after a tense five-hour standoff with the presidential security service.

Today is the deadline for the arrest warrant of South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on charges of corruption. US NSA Jake Sullivan

South Korean investigators have asked police to execute a warrant to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol after their initial attempt last week ended in failure following an hours-long standoff with his security team.

The man central to blocking investigators from arresting South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has come under the spotlight himself in the political crisis sparked by Yoon's brief declaration of martial law last month.

Protesters in South Korea are calling for President Yoon Suk Yeol to be arrested as a warrant expires at midnight on Monday. The chief of security for Yoon, Park Chong-jun, said Sunday he could not cooperate with the arrest efforts for the impeached leader,