Foreign media said, "Korea's crisis intensifies due to delay in arrest...A problem with the bodyguard"

[Anchor]
Foreign media reported that Korea's political crisis is deepening due to the failure of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol.

He also pointed out that there is a problem with the security service's interpretation of the law, explaining why it is difficult to arrest a president whose job has already been suspended.

I'm reporter Kim Do-won.

[Reporter] The failure to arrest the president with extremely low approval ratings of
is increasing Koreans' feeling of helplessness.'

The New York Times commented on the failure of the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit to arrest President Yoon Suk Yeol.

In addition, President Yoon pointed out that he showed no intention of voluntarily attending the investigative agency.

The Washington Post also reported that the political crisis triggered by the martial law crisis last month intensified due to the delay in President Yoon's arrest and detention.

The BBC introduced an expert analysis on why it is difficult to arrest President Yoon, who has been suspended due to the passage of the impeachment bill.

An expert pointed out that the security agency is loyal to President Yoon or misunderstands their legal role,

Another expert said that President Yoon seemed to have filled his bodyguards with loyalists in anticipation of exactly this situation.

The Associated Press also cited the expert opinion that the security service's duty is to protect President Yoon, but it has no authority to prevent the execution of court-issued warrants.

France's 24-hour news channel "France 24" paid attention to Korean media reports that President Yoon left the security of his residence to the military, not the police, shortly after taking office.

They also said it was the military that blocked the arrest on the front line, adding that it was as if President Yoon expected this.

The Wall Street Journal predicted that the failure to arrest President Yoon will intensify political instability.

In particular, amid recent rallies against President Yoon's impeachment, supporters of President Yoon, who are made up of far-right YouTubers, said they are calling for a righteous army to protect the president.

I'm Kim Do Won of YTN.


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