South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was been arrested hours after his supporters clashed with police as officers surrounded his home in efforts to detain him

Yoon was forced to leave off after his failed attempt at declaring Martial Law on Dec 3, as he comes the country’s first sitting head of state to be detained

Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol comes after supporters were locked in a stand-off with police as officers try to detain the impeached leader

The Presidential Security Service had foiled an earlier effort to execute the court ordered detention on Jan 3

On Wednesday hundreds of police officers and investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office had streamed up the driveway to the presidential residence before dawn, some scaling perimeter walls and hiking up back trails to reach the main building

Yoon declared martial law and deployed troops around the National Assembly on Dec 3 that lasted only hours before lawmakers managed to get through the blockade and vote to lift the measure

Yoon’s presidential powers were suspended when the opposition-dominated assembly voted to impeach him on December 14, accusing him of rebellion

The Constitutional Court is now deliberating whether to formally remove Yoon from office or reject the charges and reinstate him

Impeached South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol, [photo], plunged the country into political chaos last month over his botched attempt to declare martial law. He was placed under detention hours ago, as police stormed the presidential palace to place him in custody

South Korea’s impeached president has been detained after police swarmed his home in the capital Seoul under the cover of darkness, amid a drawn-out stand-off. 
A combined force of anti-corruption and police investigators arrested former President Yoon Suk Yeol as his supporters were locked in a stand-off with police as officers try to detain the impeached premier.
He is the country’s first sitting head of state to be detained. ‘The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol today – January 15 – at 10:33 am,’ authorities, who are probing Yoon on insurrection charges, said in a statement. 
Hundreds of police officers and investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office had streamed up the driveway to the presidential residence before dawn on Wednesday, some scaling perimeter walls and hiking up back trails to reach the main building. It was their second effort to arrest Yoon. 

Fortified residence of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol before it was breached by hundreds of police officers who arrested him overnight

Dramatic photographs show South Korean police laying siege to the President Yoon’s residence by cutting through the barbed wire perimeter

A first attempt on January 3 failed after a tense hours-long standoff with members of Yoon’s official Presidential Security Service [PSS], who refused to budge when investigators tried to execute their warrant.
Yoon’s lawyer announced on Wednesday morning the president had agreed to speak to investigators and that he had decided to leave the residence to prevent a “serious incident”.
The impeached president lunged the country into political chaos last month over his botched attempt to declare martial law, which triggered political chaos engulfing Asia’s fourth-largest economy and a key US ally.
The leader earlier was holed up in the presidential residence, surrounded by hundreds of loyal security officers. 
South Korean police have swarmed the home of impeached ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol in an unprecedented attempt to arrest him.

After breaching the barbed wire fortified perimeter, police officers could then be spotted walking up the hill towards the former president’s Yoon’s residence in Seoul

A day after he attempted to declare martial law in the country on Dec 3, South Korea’s opposition joined forces to push for the ouster President Yoon Suk Yeol, as they called for his resignation

Hundreds of his supporters had gathered near his residence in Seoul, vowing to protect him after his short-lived martial law decree on December 3.
Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection following the power grab that stunned South Korea last month – one of the Asia’s most vibrant democracies.
The earlier attempt on January 3, saw about 20 investigators from the county’s anti-corruption agency and police officers entering the gate of Yoon’s residence to execute a warrant for his detention, which failed after the resistance put up by his personal security, as Korean television reported scuffles when investigators and police confronted the presidential security forces.

Following the January 3 attempt to arrest Yoon, thousands of his supporters braved harsh wintry conditions to protest against his arrest

Yoon through his lawyers called the warrant to detain him as ‘invalid’ and ‘illegal.’ In a defiant New Year’s message to conservative supporters rallying outside his residence said the former leader vowed that he would ‘fight to the end’ against ‘anti-state forces.’
The anti-corruption agency didn’t immediately confirm whether investigators successfully entered Yoon’s residential building.

Yoon’s arrest would appear the months-long demand by the public that the impeached president be detained

“Expulsion of Yoon Suk Yeol”. Protesters in South Korea attend a rally demanding the arrest of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near the presidential residence in Seoul, South Korea, January 5

Ultimately on Jan 14, investigators from the police make their way to the official residence of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol

Wednesday’s arrest of the former president attracted international attention as global media chronicled, the dramatic heavy police siege of the property, cutting through the barbed wire perimeter, before ascending the hill towards the waiting president.
Over the last week thousands have protested outside his gates, with an arrest warrant for alleged insurrection expiring at midnight on Monday and many demanding his immediate arrest.

South Korea police officers were seen gathering in front of the official residence of impeached President, Yoon Suk Yeol

Police officers seen patrolling the area around the official residence of ex President Yoon Suk Yeol

Presidential Security Service guards at the official residence thwarted earlier attempts to arrest impeached South Korean, this time around the could not stop police investigators from breaching the property to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol

Now the country’s law enforcement have massed outside the property in the capital Seoul as they attempt to detain him for a second time.
The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police are jointly investigating whether Yoon´s brief martial law declaration on December 3 amounted to an attempted rebellion. 
They pledged more forceful measures to detain him after the presidential security service blocked their initial efforts on January 3.
Despite a court warrant for Yoon´s detention, the presidential security service has insisted it´s obligated to protect the impeached president and has fortified the compound with barbed wire and rows of buses blocking paths.

Police officers in yellow vests guard the gate to the residence of former President Yoon Suk Yeol in Seoul, South Korea, on Tuesday as the public and media gather to witness his arrest

Vehicles from the anti-corruption agency were spotted near the residence, while rows of police officers dressed in black jackets were observed approaching its gate.
TV footage showed lawmakers from Yoon´s People Power Party, along with at least one of his lawyers, lined up near the residence´s gate, apparently arguing with anti-corruption officials and police officers attempting to enter.
Hundreds of Yoon´s supporters and critics held competing protests near the residence – one side vowing to protect him, the other calling for his imprisonment – while thousands of police officers in yellow jackets closely monitored the situation, setting up perimeters with buses.

Police vehicle arriving at the entrance during the night time raid of the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol

Insurrection, one of a few crimes not subject to presidential immunity, means he could be sentenced to prison or, at worst, the death penalty.
If the warrant is executed, Yoon would become the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.
Yoon´s top aide pleaded with law enforcement agencies yesterday to abandon their efforts to detain him.
Presidential Chief of Staff Chung Jin-suk said Yoon could instead be questioned at a ‘third site’ or at his residence and said the anti-corruption agency and police were trying to drag him out like he was a member of a ‘South American drug cartel.’
But Yoon Kab-keun, one of the president´s lawyers, said Chung issued the message without consulting them and that the legal team has no immediate plan to make the president available for questioning by investigators.
If investigators manage to detain Yoon Suk Yeol, they will likely ask a court for permission to make a formal arrest. Otherwise, he will be released after 48 hours.
Yoon has not left his official residence in Seoul for weeks, and the presidential security service prevented dozens of investigators from detaining him after a nearly six-hour standoff on January 3, leading to the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain Yoon.

People gather outside the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities, including the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials, are seeking to execute an arrest warrant

The National Police Agency has convened multiple meetings of field commanders in Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi province in recent days to plan their detainment efforts and the size of those forces fueled speculation that more than a thousand officers could be deployed in a possible multi-day operation. 
The agency and police have openly warned that presidential bodyguards obstructing the execution of the warrant could be arrested.
Yoon declared martial law and deployed troops around the National Assembly on December 3. It lasted only hours before lawmakers managed to get through the blockade and vote to lift the measure.
Yoon’s presidential powers were suspended when the opposition-dominated assembly voted to impeach him on December 14, accusing him of rebellion. 
His fate now rests with the Constitutional Court, which has begun deliberating on whether to formally remove Yoon from office or reject the charges and reinstate him.