South Korea's political divisions are intensifying as opposition parties seek the arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol while Yoon's ruling party seeks to distance itself from the president to maintain its fragile grip on power,

The Seoul Western District Court last week had initially issued a warrant to detain Yoon and a separate warrant to search his residence after he defied authorities by refusing to appear for questioning over his Dec.

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country’s famously rough and tumble politics