Police aim to undermine Presidential Security Service's defense of Yoon
The police appear to be trying to weaken the leadership of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), which has been resolutely blocking efforts to execute a detention warrant against President Yoon Suk Yeol for his botched martial law imposition last month.
South Korean authorities attempt to arrest President Yoon for second time - standoff with security service under way
Police are trying to detain President Yoon Suk Yeol while they investigate whether his martial law declaration in December amounted to an attempted rebellion.
South Korea’s acting leader accepts resignation of presidential security chief
South Korean police has questioned the chief of the presidential security service as the two agencies clashed over attempts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.
Ex-presidential security chief grilled by police
Ex-presidential security chief grilled by police Park Chong-ju, former head of the Presidential Security Service, arrives at the National Police Agency in Seoul on Jan. 13, 2025, to be questioned over allegations that he blocked investigators' attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived imposition of martial law.
South Korea presidential security service chief resigns
South Korea's acting president Choi Sang Mok on Friday accepted the resignation of the head of the Presidential Security Service (PSS). The PSS head, Park Jong Joon, submitted his resignation
Impeached South Korean president detained over martial law declaration
South Korea's anti-corruption agency says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained hours after hundreds of the ...
South Korean law enforcement officers detain impeached President Yoon
South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says President Yoon was detained after hundreds of its investigators and police officers ...
South Korean president arrested by anti-corruption investigators after weekslong showdown
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested for questioning, according to the country’s anti corruption agency, in ...
Top aide of impeached South Korean president pleads for investigators to halt detention efforts
The presidential security service prevented investigators from detaining Yoon on Jan. 3 and are now preparing for more ...
South Korean law enforcement officials enter presidential compound to detain impeached Yoon
Hundreds of law enforcement officials in South Korea have entered the residential compound of impeached President Yoon Suk ...
Who is Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's first sitting president to be arrested?
South Korean authorities arrested Yoon Suk Yeol over insurrection allegations, with the embattled leader saying he agreed to ...
South Korean authorities arrive at residence of impeached president for second attempt to detain him
South Korean law enforcement authorities have arrived at impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol’s official residence in the ...
South Korean president refuses to talk after finally being arrested over martial law
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been arrested, six weeks after his short-lived attempt to impose martial law.
Trump inauguration puts security officials on high alert in Washington
With 30 miles (48 km) of tall black temporary fencing, 25,000 law enforcement officers and security checkpoints set up to ...