South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.

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 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.

The agency’s first attempt to detain Yoon on Jan 3 bore no fruit following a five-hour stand-off. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Ranking Officials will likely seek a new court warrant to extend the window for President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention, according to police, which said it was internally reviewing the agency's request.

SEOUL -- South Korea's corruption investigation agency have asked police to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the authorities failed to take him into custody after a standoff last week with the presidential security detail.

The new court warrant comes after the agency’s previous attempt to detain Yoon was blocked by the presidential security service last week

SOUTH KOREA’S anti-corruption agency said today it had received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by presidential security service last week. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials did not immediately confirm for how long the warrant would remain valid.

Yoon has been lying low at his official residence in Hannam-dong, an upscale district popular with business tycoons and celebrities known as Korea's Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, investigators seeking to question him on allegations of insurrection have struggled to execute a warrant for his arrest.

Protesters have thronged the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, where officials trying to arrest him were blocked by security guards.