Dozens of anti-corruption agency investigators and assisting police officers attempted to detain the impeached president on Friday but retreated from his residence in Seoul after a tense five-hour standoff with the presidential security service.

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 a standoff with the presidential security service last week.

South Korean investigators have asked police to execute a warrant to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol after their initial attempt last week ended in failure following an hours-long standoff with his security team.

Ranking Officials will likely seek a new court warrant to extend the window for President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention, according to police, which said it was internally reviewing the agency's request.

The South Korean anti-corruption agency after failing to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, has asked the police to take over efforts to bring Yoon into custody. The agency is expected to ask for another warrant from the court.

A court has issued warrants to detain the impeached South Korean president over his stunning yet short-lived martial law decree earlier this month.

SEOUL -- South Korea's corruption investigation agency have asked police to arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol as the authorities failed to take him into custody after a standoff last week with the presidential security detail.

Political instability in South Korea intensified on Monday as investigators sought an extension to the arrest warrant for suspended president Yoon Suk Yeol. The move came after the country’s anti-corruption agency asked the police to take over the execution of the warrant.

Park Chong-jun cited the legal debate surrounding the arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol as the reason for the lack of cooperation.