Fresh South Korea protests expected as president arrest deadline nears

Yoon plunged the country into political chaos last month with a bungled martial law decree and has since holed up in the presidential residence, surrounded by hundreds of loyal security officers resisting arrest efforts.

People chant slogans during a rally held to protest against impeached South Korea's president Yoon Suk Yeol in front of the Gwanghwamun Gate in Seoul on January 4, 2025. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP)