For weeks, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has holed up inside his guarded residential compound as investigators try to figure out how to detain him.
Scuffles occurred Jan 3 when dozens of investigators were stopped from entering the compound by presidential security forces, military personnel and vehicle barricades.
Since then, thousands of opponents and supporters have gathered daily in competing rallies near his official residence in Seoul, as the country's anti-corruption agency and police prepare another attempt to take the president into custody. One side demands Yoon's ouster and arrest, while the other vows to defend him.
Separated by police lines and fences, the two groups constantly exchange verbal insults across the divide. One person was arrested Sunday when he waved a box cutter in a heated argument, but no one was hurt.
Still, tensions are escalating. Yoon's lawyers have claimed that images of him being dragged out in handcuffs could trigger a huge ...