South Korean investigators fail in bid to detain impeached president

Investigators from the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials arrive at the gate of the presidential residence in Seoul (Lee Jin-man/AP)

South Korean investigators failed to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after a nearly six-hour standoff with the presidential security service.

It is the latest confrontation of a political crisis that has paralysed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month.