South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.

Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest.

Critics accuse Yoon Suk-yeol's People Power Party of unfairly fanning Sinophobia to deflect criticism from the impeached president South Korea's ruling party is facing allegations of stoking anti-Chinese sentiment in an effort to shield impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol from punishment,

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces arrest as anti-graft officials seek new warrant amid political crisis.

For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants.

Antony Blinken traveled to South Korea as an affirmation of continued support for the East Asian nation as it struggles to navigate a historic constitutional crisis.

North Korea has characterized South Korea as a “politically paralyzed chaos” in the wake of President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment vote. On Friday, North Korea’s state-run newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported on the passage of Yoon’s impeachment motion last month and the subsequent impeachment of Prime Minister Han Duck Soo,

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials did not immediately confirm how long the warrant would remain valid.