Request comes after attempts to detain Yoon Suk Yeol were thwarted by presidential security service guards last week
South Korea’s investigating authorities have requested an extension of a warrant to arrest the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol.
The corruption investigation office for high-ranking officials (CIO) made the application at Seoul western district court on Monday.
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