Yoon Suk Yeol is barricaded inside a compound protected by rolls of barbed wire, a blockade of buses and hundreds of security force members

Rolls of barbed wire encircle the perimeter of South Korea’s presidential residence, where impeached leader Yoon Suk Yeol has transformed his hilltop home into an urban stronghold against arrest.

The compound in the capital’s exclusive Hannam-dong district, previously home to diplomatic receptions and banquets, has become the frontline of an unprecedented political crisis.