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.

Today is the deadline for the arrest warrant of South Korea’s impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol. Former French President Nicolas Sarkozy will go on trial on charges of corruption. US NSA Jake Sullivan

Thousands braved heavy snow in Seoul on Sunday to rally for and against arresting impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, as South Korea's political crisis appeared headed toward another high-stakes confrontation.