Suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol is resisting arrest over his short-lived martial law decree. SEOUL: Thousands of South Koreans began gathering in the capital for rival demonstrations on Saturday (Jan 11), as investigators prepare another attempt to arrest suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

South Korea's Presidential Security Service chief resigned Friday and acting President Choi Sang-mok accepted it. President Yoon Suk Yeol remains in his fortified residence as law enforcement seeks to arrest him.

President Yoon Suk Yeol's chief bodyguard, Park Jong-joon, submitted his letter of resignation Friday before appearing at the police for questioning for allegedly obstructing officials from the joint investigation team from carrying out a court-ordered warrant to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him for insurrection after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.

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

Tensions have remained high in South Korea after the country's Parliament voted to impeach Acting President Han Duck-soo just days after now former President Yoon

Pro-Yoon demonstrators hold U.S. and South Korean flags as they take part in a rally in support of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol near his official residence in Seoul, South Korea January 10,

The president's ultraconservative supporters believe that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea's freedoms.