Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol

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Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
Part of the aftermath of the 2024 South Korean martial law crisis and the Impeachment of Yoon Suk Yeol
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Police officers stand in front of Yoon Suk Yeol's residence.
Date14 December 2024 – 15 January 2025
  • Issuing of arrest warrant: 30 December 2024
  • First raid at Yoon's residence: 3 January 2025
  • Second raid at Yoon's residence: 15 January 2025
Location
Hannam-dong, Yongsan, Seoul, South Korea
Caused by
Goals
  • Arrest of Yoon Suk Yeol
  • Further investigation of potential insurrection charges
Resulted in
  • Arrest warrant issued for Yoon Suk Yeol
  • 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
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Lead figures

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. On 15 January, after an infiltration of his residence, Yoon handed himself over to the Corruption Investigation Office, 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]

Background

On 3 December 2024, at 22:27 Korea Standard Time (KST), Yoon Suk Yeol, the president of South Korea, declared martial law during a televised address. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party (DPK), which has a majority in the National Assembly, of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a "legislative dictatorship". The order prohibited political activities, including gatherings of the National Assembly and local legislatures, and suspended the free press. Separately, Yoon reportedly ordered the arrest of various political opponents, including the leaders of the DPK and his own People Power Party (PPP). [4] [5] [6] [7]

Military and police forces attempted to prevent legislators from entering the National Assembly Proceeding Hall, causing clashes between the security forces, protesters, and legislative aides. All 190 legislators who were present in the chamber unanimously voted to demand the lifting of martial law, forcing Yoon to lift martial law around 04:00 KST on 4 December. [8]

As a result, Yoon was impeached on 14 December by the National Assembly and suspended from office pending a final ruling by the Constitutional Court on whether to confirm his removal from the presidency. [9] [10] Prime Minister Han Duck-soo briefly served as acting president until he was also impeached on 27 December, making Finance Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok acting president. [11] [12] [13]

Investigation and arrest warrant

On 11 December 2024, police raided the Office of the President of the Republic of Korea, with investigators presenting a search warrant specifying Yoon as the suspect. [14] [15] However, the Presidential Security Service refused to cooperate, resulting in a "very limited" number of documents and materials being submitted by Yoon's office. [16] Raids were also conducted on the Defense Counterintelligence Command, the Army Special Warfare Command, [17] the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, the National Police Agency, and the National Assembly Security Service. [18] On the same day, the former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun attempted to commit suicide at the detention facility while in custody. [14] [15]

On 12 December, police raided the Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters adjacent to the presidential compound, [19] as well as the Capital Defense Command headquarters. [20] On 13 December, police raided the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police headquarters to investigate the unit's role during martial law. Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police had dispatched police forces to the NEC after Yoon's declaration of martial law. [21]

Following his impeachment on 14 December 2024, Yoon confined himself in his presidential residence in Hannam-dong, Yongsan, central Seoul. [3]

On 27 December, the National Assembly voted 191–71 to create a special committee to investigate insurrection charges against Yoon, with a tenure lasting until 13 February 2025. The committee was formally opened on 31 December and was composed of 18 lawmakers, including 10 opposition and seven PPP lawmakers and one independent lawmaker. [22] [23]

Yoon Suk Yeol was summoned three times by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) for questioning on 18 December, 25 December and 29 December over his declaration of martial law. He ignored all three summonses. [24] In response, on 30 December, the CIO filed an arrest warrant for Yoon at the Seoul Western District Court. [25] The warrant was granted by the court the next day. [26] The arrest warrant, valid for seven days up to 6 January 2025, [27] [28] allows investigators multiple attempts to detain Yoon if initial efforts prove unsuccessful. If detained, the anti-corruption agency would have 48 hours to request a formal arrest warrant, or else have to release him. Yoon's legal team announced their intention to pursue legal action, characterizing the warrant's execution as "illegal and invalid" by asserting that the CIO did not have the authority to issue the warrant. [28] [3]

On 1 January 2025, Yoon released a statement to his supporters claiming, "The Republic of Korea is currently in danger due to internal and external forces threatening its sovereignty," and vowed to "fight alongside you to the very end to protect this nation." [29] Opposition lawmakers criticized this message as inflammatory, with Democratic Party spokesperson Jo Seoung-lae describing Yoon as "delusional" and accusing him of attempting to incite confrontations. [30]

First arrest attempt

In the early morning hours of 3 January, investigators from the CIO, accompanied by police forces, entered Yoon's presidential residence to execute the arrest warrant. [3] [28] [30] The arrest team was reported to have comprised about 150 personnel, with 30 members from the Public Prosecutor's Office and 120 from the special police unit. Of these, 80 personnel (30 prosecutors and 50 police officers) entered the residence grounds, while 70 additional police officers remained on standby outside, with some reinforcements arriving later. [31] Yoon had reportedly been isolated since 14 December, following the impeachment proceedings. [3] Extensive barricades and vehicle restrictions were enacted in the Hannam-dong area in advance of the operation. [32]

The operation began around 7:00 am local time. Investigators breached initial security barriers, but were stopped at the residence entrance by Chief of Presidential Security Service Park Jong-jun, who refused access. [3] The Presidential Security Service cited two articles in South Korea's Criminal Procedure Act regarding the protection of official secrets to justify blocking access to investigators. [3] [30] The CIO chief Oh Dong-woon warned that attempts to obstruct Yoon's arrest could result in additional prosecutions. [28] [30] Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae stated that any attempts to obstruct the arrest operation would be charged with complicity in sedition and obstruction of their duties. [33]

At 8:02 am, two bulletproof vehicles reportedly exclusively used by Yoon and the first lady were captured on video leaving his residence. It was later speculated that Yoon fled the premises using these vehicles. [34]

At 9:54 am local time, Yonhap reported that prosecutors had broken through military service units blocking the residence, including the 55th Security Brigade of the Army Defense Command, which maintained the second line of defense. Regular soldiers from the Defense Command had also been deployed to impede the arrest warrant's execution. [31] Multiple members of Yoon's legal team entered his residence, and mounted several legal challenges to the arrest warrant. They argued that the warrant could not be enforced at the presidential residence, citing laws protecting locations containing military secrets from searches without proper consent. The lawyers also questioned the CIO's authority to investigate "rebellion charges" and disputed police officers' legal right to assist in the detention operation. [3]

According to media reports, investigators faced a human wall of approximately 200 presidential personnel and experienced "various small and large scuffles" during their attempt to execute the arrest warrant. [3] The CIO said investigators reached to within 200 meters of Yoon's residential quarters before they were blocked. [35] After roughly six hours of confrontation at Yoon's residence, the CIO suspended their operations. [3] Authorities stated afterwards "We determined that executing the detention warrant would be practically impossible due to the continued confrontation and suspended the execution out of concern for the safety of on-site personnel caused by the resistance." [2]

On 4 January, investigators asked acting president Choi Sang-mok to order the presidential security service to allow Yoon to be arrested. [36] [37]

On 9 January, it was reported that the National Investigation Headquarters would assemble 1,000 officers in the next arrest attempt. [38] [39]

On 10 January, the head of the Presidential Security Service Park Jong-jun resigned. [40] Park had been summoned to the National Investigation Headquarters of the National Police Agency for questioning on charges of obstruction of official duties by preventing the arrest of the impeached president. [41]

Second arrest attempt

In the early morning of 15 January, the CIO, with support from the police, made a second attempt to arrest Yoon. [42] The National Police Agency stated that they had organized approximately 1,000 personnel drawn from multiple jurisdictions to execute the arrest warrant. These included 301 detectives from the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency's Metropolitan Investigation Unit, 270 personnel from the Gyeonggi Southern Provincial Police Agency with experience in the Anti-Corruption Investigation Unit, the Mobile Criminal Investigation Unit, and the Narcotics Crime Investigation Unit, and additional personnel from the Gyeonggi Northern Provincial Police Agency and Incheon Regional Investigation Units. These personnel would be divided into three groups: the entry team tasked with removing physical barriers and securing access to the presidential residence, the arrest team responsible for apprehending President Yoon, Deputy PSS Chief Kim Sung-ho, and any PSS agents who might resist the operation, and the escort team responsible for safely transporting detained individuals from the scene. Multiple detention facilities were prepared across police stations for resisting security personnel. The operation was planned to be initiated at 5:00 am KST on 15 January, with a long-term dispatch period extending to 17 January. The operation intended to involve mechanical equipment such as cranes and tow trucks for removing physical barriers, riot police deployment for crowd control, and psychological warfare that included loudspeaker announcements offering leniency to cooperating security personnel. [43]

On 14 January, a military unit assigned to guard the residence's exterior approved the entry of anti-corruption officials and police to arrest Yoon. The Presidential Security Service denied the military unit's approval, stating that it had no authority to allow access to Yoon's residence without the main service's secondary approval. [44]

At 4:20 am on 15 January, CIO officials arrived at Yoon's residence. A police line moved towards the residence, broadcasting messages warning that any personnel who obstructed the arrest operation would be arrested. Six layers of physical barricades were assembled by the PSS outside the residence. About 30 members of the People Power Party along with lawyers Yoon Gap-geun and Kim Hong-il formed a human chain in front of the residence to prevent entry. Yoon Gap-geun called the operation "illegal" and an "internal rebellion". [45] [46] Deputy PSS Chief Kim Sung-ho, who also received an arrest warrant, had his radio communication with other secret service members cut off. [47] Several personnel employed ladders to scale buses that had been positioned as barriers at the entrance, and used bolt cutters to breach barbed wire fortifications. Some officers scaled walls and utilized a nearby hiking trails to access the compound from behind the main security buildup. [48]

Arrest

At 10:33 am, the Public Prosecution Service announced that it had arrested President Yoon. [49] Shortly before his arrest, Yoon released a three-minute video statement announcing his decision to cooperate with investigators in order to "prevent any unsavoury bloodshed" after watching authorities "invade" the residence's security barriers. He maintained the position that his arrest warrant was not legally valid, and claimed that South Korea's rule of law had "completely collapsed". [48] [50] However, Yoon Seok-yeol’s side filed an objection to the court requesting that the execution of the arrest and search warrant be denied, but it was dismissed on January 5. The head of the Court Administration Office publicly stated in response to Yoon Seok-yeol’s objection that the arrest warrant judge’s arrest warrant is the mainstream view in the courts of the Republic of Korea that it is legal. [51]

Aftermath

Following his arrest and interrogation, authorities planned to detain Yoon at the Seoul Detention Centre in Uiwang, Gyeonggi Province, located approximately 5 kilometers from the CIO office. Under South Korean law, authorities had 48 hours to secure a detention warrant, without which Yoon would be released. [48] An interrogation began at 11:00 am at the Gwacheon Government Complex, where Yoon was questioned in the presence of his defense attorney, Yoon Gap-geun. Security Service personnel were deployed throughout the Corruption Investigation Office building. Deputy Chief Prosecutor Lee Jae-seung conducted the initial two-and-a-half-hour interrogation session, followed by Chief Prosecutor Lee Dae-hwan after an hour-long break. The prosecutors prepared an extensive 200-page questionnaire for the investigation. However, Yoon reportedly refused to provide verbal responses or written statements to the prosecutors' questions. The process was not recorded due to Yoon's refusal to consent to video documentation. [52]

Yoon's staff released a "Letter to the People" to his Facebook account following the arrest, which had reportedly been written by him on paper earlier in 2025. [53] Much of the letter focused on Yoon's justifications for declaring martial law, allegations of potential voting fraud and systemic vulnerabilities in South Korea's electoral system, emphasizing the successes of his policies, and his commitment to liberal democracy and individual freedoms against totalitarianism and tyranny of the majority. [54]

On 15 January, Yoon's criminal defense team filed a petition for a habeas corpus review with the Seoul Central District Court. [55]

Public demonstrations

Following the issuance of Yoon's arrest warrant on 31 December 2024 and Yoon's subsequent addresses to his supporters, thousands of protesters gathered near Hangangjin station to support Yoon amid temperatures dropping to −3 °C (27 °F), claiming his innocence and alleging electoral fraud in the previous April's general election. Supporters set up tea and snack stations near the protest site. Several pro-Yoon supporters waved American and South Korean flags during the rallies, and shouted slogans including "We will protect President Yoon Suk Yeol!" and "Nullify the impeachment!". [3] [28] During this period, Yoon maintained communication with supporters through public statements, watching their protests via YouTube livestreams. [30] Several demonstrators maintained an overnight vigil on the night of 2–3 January, conducting prayer sessions in the street before the main protests began. [32]

By 9:30 am on 3 January, unofficial police estimates placed the crowd at approximately 1,200 people. [32] Law enforcement deployed about 2,700 police officers, 135 police buses, and several specialized units in order to prevent potential clashes between pro-Yoon and anti-Yoon demonstrators, following confrontations between the two parties the previous day. [3] Violent clashes occurred between rival parties outside the presidential compound, with some pro-Yoon supporters physically blocking access to the residence. Bae Hoon, a 46-year-old anti-Yoon protester, reported that demonstrators were "hit and assaulted multiple times by those waving national flags." [30] Several pro-Yoon supporters laid down on a road leading to the presidential residence, with Korean officers removing them. [28] Several protesters beat large drums and chanted slogans such as "Arrest the Public Prosecutor's Office!", "We won!", "Cheer up, Yoon Suk Yeol!", or "Cheer up, Presidential Security Service!" [32]

Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae accused Yoon of "watching far-right YouTube videos at the presidential residence for a month and inciting far-right forces", regarding the response of Yoon's supporters. [33]

Reactions

To Yoon's arrest warrant and first arrest attempt

During the arrest operation, Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae stated that Yoon "...must pay the price for his crime of trying to start a war by ordering (during martial law), 'tear down the door with an axe' and 'drag him out even if it means shooting him'" and urged the People Power Party (PPP) to stop defending someone who "destroyed the constitutional order and democracy", warning that anyone who continued to defend him would "face the judgment of the people". Following the unsuccessful initial raid, Park called Yoon an "insurrection ringleader", and described his arrest as South Korea's "most urgent task" in order to prevent the economic and political fallout of the martial law crisis from further snowballing. He demanded the immediate arrest of all parties who obstructed the raid and any future attempts to arrest Yoon, deeming them "accomplices to insurrection". [3]

Kim Byung-joo accused the Presidential Security Service of participating in "a second insurrection" by preventing Yoon's arrest. [3]

Concurrent with the first arrest attempt, Army Chief Park An-su, who had served as martial law commander during Yoon's December declaration, and military official Kwak Jong-geun were indicted on insurrection charges. [3] [56]

The interim leader of the PPP, Kwon Young-se, supported the suspension of the attempted arrests and advocated for further investigation without detention of Yoon. [3]

North Korea

North Korea's state media characterized South Korea as being in "chaos" and politically paralyzed, publishing its commentary about the situation in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper. The North Korean coverage emphasized the "unprecedented impeachment" and subsequent political turmoil, and referred to South Korean institutions as puppets of the United States. [3]

Following Yoon's arrest

Democratic Party floor leader Park Chan-dae described the successful second arrest attempt as "the first step" toward returning South Korea to democracy and its constitutional order, while representing that "justice in South Korea is alive." [48]

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