Park Jong-joon, the chief of the Presidential Security Service (PSS), appeared for police questioning on Jan. 10 in connection with allegations of obstructing the execution of an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol on Jan.

The chief of South Korea's Presidential Security Service, Park Jong-joon, appeared for police questioning at 10 a.m. Friday, facing allegations of obstructing the execution of a court-ordered warrant to arrest suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Jan 3.

South Korean presidential security chief Park Chong-jun plans to appear for questioning by police on Friday, a spokesperson for the security service said. Investigators seeking to arrest South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol for possible insurrection were blocked by his security staff in a six-hour standoff last week.

The security chief of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, under investigation for blocking Yoon's arrest, resigned on Friday and said any further efforts to detain the ex-leader must avoid bloodshed.

Hundreds of supporters gathered once again outside the president's official residence, pledging to protect him from South Korea's national anti-corruption agency.

Yoon Kab-keun, one of the lawyers representing South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, said on Thursday that Yoon was staying in his official residence. The lawyer made the comment in a briefing to reporters following recent speculation over the suspended president's whereabouts.

South Korea's presidential security chief resigned Friday as he faced questioning over why his guards prevented the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, and as investigators prepared to mak