Oh Dong-woon [ ko ]. Yoon had confined himself at his official presidential residence since his impeachment on 14 December The arrest warrant , granted on 31 December by the Seoul Western District Court, stemmed from investigations into Yoon's martial law declaration on 3 December , as well as his refusal to attend any of the three summons demanded by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials CIO.
On 15 January , after an infiltration of his residence, Yoon handed himself over to the CIO, ending the arrest effort. The initial and unsuccessful arrest operation on 3 January resulted in a complex security standoff at his presidential residence in Hannam-dong , Yongsan, Seoul, involving multiple security forces and lasting several hours.
After roughly six hours of confrontation at Yoon's residence, the CIO suspended their operations, citing safety concerns for personnel.
The arrest warrant and raid marked the first arrest of a sitting president in the nation's history. In his declaration, Yoon accused the Democratic Party DPK , which has a majority in the National Assembly , of conducting "anti-state activities" and collaborating with "North Korean communists" to destroy the country, thereby creating a "legislative dictatorship".
The order prohibited political activities, including gatherings of the National Assembly and local legislatures, and suspended the free press.
