Hundreds of supporters of South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rallied outside his residence Wednesday as investigators prepared a fresh attempt to arrest him.
Yoon has refused questioning and resisted arrest since his bungled December 3 martial law decree plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades.
Investigators secured a new arrest warrant Tuesday after an initial seven-day order expired.
Several hundred members of his base rushed to the presidential residence in central Seoul in response, braving sub-zero temperatures.
“A large number of people are coming out to join us. Despite the cold weather, many stayed up all night last night, braving the chill,” Lee Hye-sook, a 57-year-old Yoon supporter, told journalists outside the residence.