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SOUTH KOREA: Court Re-Issues Arrest Warrant For Pres. Yoon

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The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) has confirmed that a South Korean court has re-issued the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol This will extend the validity period for the arrest warrant. The first attempt to arrest Yoon at the presidential palace on 3 Jan resulted in a multi-hour standoff between various branches of law enforcement and the military that resulted in the withdrawal of CIO officials, with Yoon remaining free but constrained to the Yongsan Presidential Office. The warrant's re-issuance would indicate that a second attempt to detain Yoon will come in the near future.

  • Speaking to the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee earlier today on the topic of the first attempted arrest of Yoon, Commissioner of the CIO Oh Dong-woon offered his apologies for the failure to execute the first arrest warrant, and said "We will thoroughly prepare with extraordinary determination that the execution of the second warrant will be the last execution,"
  • It remains to be seen how and when this will be achieved, with little sign that Yoon is willing to allow the warrant to be executed. The presidential office has formally filed complaints accusing the opposition Democratic Party of Korea of making false accusations against administration officials.
  • The political situation in the country remains charged, amid both pro- and anti-Yoon protests in Seoul (despite freezing conditions), the prospect of another gov't resignation in the form of the transport minister following the Jeju Air plane crash, and a destabilising hypersonic missile test by North Korea. 
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The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) has confirmed that a South Korean court has re-issued the arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol This will extend the validity period for the arrest warrant. The first attempt to arrest Yoon at the presidential palace on 3 Jan resulted in a multi-hour standoff between various branches of law enforcement and the military that resulted in the withdrawal of CIO officials, with Yoon remaining free but constrained to the Yongsan Presidential Office. The warrant's re-issuance would indicate that a second attempt to detain Yoon will come in the near future.

  • Speaking to the National Assembly’s Legislation and Judiciary Committee earlier today on the topic of the first attempted arrest of Yoon, Commissioner of the CIO Oh Dong-woon offered his apologies for the failure to execute the first arrest warrant, and said "We will thoroughly prepare with extraordinary determination that the execution of the second warrant will be the last execution,"
  • It remains to be seen how and when this will be achieved, with little sign that Yoon is willing to allow the warrant to be executed. The presidential office has formally filed complaints accusing the opposition Democratic Party of Korea of making false accusations against administration officials.
  • The political situation in the country remains charged, amid both pro- and anti-Yoon protests in Seoul (despite freezing conditions), the prospect of another gov't resignation in the form of the transport minister following the Jeju Air plane crash, and a destabilising hypersonic missile test by North Korea.