South Korean agency asks police to take over efforts to detain president

Members of the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions shout slogans during a rally demanding the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol (Lee Jin-man/AP)

South Korea’s anti-corruption agency has requested that police take over efforts to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol after its investigators failed to bring him to custody following an hours-long stand-off with the presidential security service last week.

The agency and police confirmed the discussion on Monday, hours before the one-week warrant for Mr Yoon’s detention was to expire.