Seemingly hundreds of law enforcement officials in South Korea have entered the residential compound of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol in the capital Seoul.

More forces are expected to join the operation to take Yoon Suk Yeol in for questioning after the last attempt was foiled by his large security team.

The top aide of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has pleaded with law enforcement to abandon their efforts to detain him over last month’s martial law imposition, as authorities prepared a second att

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is prepared to be questioned by investigators on Wednesday if authorities who had come to arrest him pull back from his residence, said Seok Dong-hyeon,

South Korea looks set for a dramatic political showdown this week as impeachment proceedings kick off against suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who remains holed up in his fortified residence evading arrest for a separate criminal investigation.

South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes on Tuesday, after the embattled leader did not attend court.

The development, which followed a failed arrest attempt earlier in January, deepens the fallout from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month.

Hundreds of police officers and protesters engaged in a second standoff in Seoul, as investigators attempted to arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Photo: Jean Chung/Bloomberg News