South Korea authorities enter impeached President Yoon's compound in arrest attempt

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Authorities sought on Friday (Jan 3) to execute an unprecedented arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, evading a crowd of protesters but facing off with security forces inside his residence.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/yhwkutd4  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Authorities sought on Friday to execute an unprecedented arrest warrant for impeached

00:07South Korean President Yoon Suk-yol, evading a crowd of protesters but facing off with

00:14security forces inside his residence.

00:17Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his martial law attempt that stunned

00:22South Korea, Asia's fourth-largest economy and one of the region's most vibrant democracies.

00:28An arrest would be the first for an incumbent South Korean president.

00:32Officials from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials, which is

00:36leading a joint team of investigators that include the police and prosecutors, had arrived

00:41at the gates of Yoon's compound shortly after 7 a.m.

00:45It was unclear whether the Presidential Security Service, which has blocked access by investigators

00:50with a search warrant to Yoon's office and official residence, would try to stop the

00:55arrest.

00:56Yoon's lawyer said in a statement on Friday that the execution of an invalid arrest warrant

01:01against Yoon is unlawful and they will take legal action without elaborating.

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