Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol

Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
Part of the aftermath of the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis
	Pro-Yoon protestors (top left) and police (in yellow) at the front entrance to Yoon's residence (top center) hours before Yoon's arrest
Date	Since warrant issued:; 30 December 2024 – 15 January 2025; (2 weeks and 2 days); Arrests:; First attempt: 3 January 2025; Second attempt: 15 January 2025;
Location	Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea
Caused by	Yoon Suk Yeol's role in the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis; Yoon Suk Yeol's refusal to attend three court summons issued by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO); Yoon Suk Yeol's self-confinement to his presidential residence and alleged incitement of supporters in public addresses;
Goals	Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol; Further investigation of potential insurrection charges;
Resulted in	Failure of initial raid due to resistance from the Presidential Security Service; Several violent clashes between pro-Yoon and anti-Yoon demonstrators; Successful arrest of Yoon on 15 January 2025 following second attempt;
Parties
Yoon allies; Presidential Office Presidential Security Service (PSS) 55th Security Brigade; ; ;	Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO); National Police Agency (KNPA); Supreme Prosecutors' Office;
Political support:; People Power Party;	Political support:; Democratic Party of Korea;
Lead figures
	Yoon Suk Yeol; Park Jong-jun; Oh Dong-woon [ko]
Number
First attempt:; ~200 presidential personnel;	First attempt:; 150 personnel; Second attempt:; 1,000 personnel;

Beginning on 3 January 2025, South Korean authorities attempted to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea. Yoon had confined himself at his official presidential residence since his impeachment on 14 December 2024. The arrest warrant, granted on 31 December 2024 by the Seoul Western District Court, stemmed from investigations into Yoon's martial law declaration on 3 December 2024, as well as his refusal to attend any of the three summons demanded by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO). On 15 January 2025, after an infiltration of his residence, Yoon handed himself over to the CIO, ending the arrest effort.^[1]

The initial and unsuccessful arrest operation on 3 January resulted in a complex security standoff at his presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, involving multiple security forces and lasting several hours. After roughly six hours of confrontation at Yoon's residence, the CIO suspended their operations, citing safety concerns for personnel.^[2] It was unsuccessful mainly due to resistance from the Presidential Security Service and legal objections from Yoon's defense lawyers. The arrest warrant and raid marked the first arrest of a sitting president in the nation's history.^[3]

^ Sarnoff, Leah; Cho, Joohee (15 January 2025). "Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol detained over martial law declaration". ABC News. Retrieved 15 January 2025.
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[1] Sarnoff, Leah; Cho, Joohee (15 January 2025). "Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol detained over martial law declaration". ABC News. Retrieved 15 January 2025.

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