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title: "South Korean court re-issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon"
description: "SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A South Korean court has re-issued a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's corruption investigation agency said on Tuesday."
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# South Korean court re-issues arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon

> SEOUL, Jan 7 (Reuters) - A South Korean court has re-issued a warrant to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country's corruption investigation agency said on Tuesday.

By Reuters · Published 7 January 2025, 14:36 SAST · Updated 7 January 2025, 14:36 SAST

## Key points
- As investigators find themselves thwarted by a human barricade of presidential guards, the plot thickens in the saga of Yoon, whose legal team is desperately trying to outmaneuver an arrest warrant that the courts have just deemed untouchable.
- Investigators face challenges in executing an arrest warrant for a suspect linked to insurrection allegations.
- A human chain of presidential security and military guards has blocked access to the suspect's residence.
- Yoon's legal team attempted to nullify the arrest warrant, but their request was denied by a Seoul court.
- Authorities remain determined to apprehend the suspect despite ongoing obstacles.

## Content

Investigators seeking to question him on allegations of insurrection have struggled to execute a warrant for his arrest.

The head of the investigation unit, blocked by a human chain of hundreds of presidential security service and military guards outside his [residence](https://www.reutersconnect.com/all?search=all%3AL4N3O30HB&linkedFromStory=true) last week, said earlier on Tuesday they remained determined to bring him in.

Yoon's lawyers filed an injunction request to a Seoul court to nullify the arrest warrant, but the court struck that down on Sunday, a court official said on Tuesday.

(Reporting by Ju-min Park; Editing by Ed Osmond and Alex Richardson)