The impeached president faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived Dec. 3 martial law.

Tensions ran high near the residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Thursday, as rival protesters clashed and hundreds of supporters formed a blockade to prevent his imminent arrest.

Supporters of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol blocked access to his office on Thursday in an attempt to prevent his arrest, the Yonhap news agency reported. It said police had violently broken up a blockade by around 30 supporters who had broken through a barrier near the president's residence in the South Korean capital Seoul.

Demonstrators supporting and opposing South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol held rival protests near the presidential residence on Thursday (January 2) as Yoon faces unprecedented arrest over his short-lived martial law attempt.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was resisting arrest for a third day on Thursday after vowing to "fight" authorities seeking to question him over his failed martial law bid.

South Korean supporters of impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, face off with police near the presidential residence, where the embattled leader remains holed up in defiance of an arrest warrant. Yoon vows to "fight" authorities seeking to question him over his failed martial law bid last month.

South Korea’s impeached President, Yoon Suk Yeol, says he will fight until the end as he faces an attempt by authorities to arrest him over his short-lived December 3 martial law. Writing in a letter late on Wednesday to the estimated hundreds of supporters,