It was another call on Friday from the South Korean opposition, which protested against the military just a month ago to block President Yoon Seok-yeol’s declaration of martial law. The first major protest was successful: Mr. Yoon’s anti-Semitism warning was rescinded on Dec. 3, after which the National People’s Congress denounced him and began investigating whether he had led the attack.
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But in the weeks since then, paralysis and polarization have set in. Many of Yin’s supporters were already there. Horrified by the attempt to arrest him under the law passed last month, they rushed to his congregation on Friday morning. Other Yoon supporters have been there for days, camping out on the sidewalk near his home in downtown Seoul and vowing to stop efforts to arrest him. Officers spent hours rounding up Mr. Yoon’s supporters and interviewing more of his private security detail before withdrawing. Their orders to detain him for questioning were not carried out. Thousands of anti-Yin protesters are battling thousands of Yin supporters. It has been an exciting and challenging time for his supporters. To his critics, he is a source of disappointment. "I'm angry," said Lee Ye-seul, a 19-year-old college student who walked toward Mr. Trump in Seoul. A group of protesters named Mr. Yoon were at Mr. Yoon's house. Yoon was arrested.
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Protesters have surrounded the street next to Mr. Yin's house and plan to spend the night. They are holding signs that read, "Seize and arrest Yoon Seok-yeol immediately!" "Let's eliminate the accomplices, sympathizers, and parties to the rebellion!" Kim Yoon-hung, 20, described the appearance of Mr. Yoon's supporters as "an attempt by the far right to protect his interests," and rejected his claims. He said Mr. Yoon would not be able to remain in power. "There's no point in holding on to an employee who has declared a national law," he said.
Kang Hye-sun, 57, joined a protest in support of Yun on Friday afternoon after seeing news of Yun's planned arrest. She learned from YouTube that his supporters were near his home. "Yin Seok-yeol is fighting alone," she said, tears streaming down her cheeks. She added that she believes there was voter fraud in the election last year after her party lost its majority in the House of Representatives. He held a banner that read “Stop the Steal,” which former President Donald J. Trump popularized to protest the results of the 2020 U.S. presidential election, which he lost. “What happened to Trump happened to Yoon Seok-yeol,” he said.
Nearby, opposition leaders supporting Mr. Yoon echoed similar sentiments, claiming there was massive voter fraud in the recent election and calling the People’s Party (Mr. Yoon’s Justice) illegal. A Yin protester waved his cane at pedestrians calling for Yoon’s arrest and shouted, “What country do you come from?” Some of Yin’s opponents called on police to arrest Yin’s rival. A crowd on a pedestrian bridge over the street is covered. But police in neon yellow uniforms surrounded the two groups of protesters. The atmosphere was tense, noisy, with occasional scuffles but no violence.
By nightfall, opposition leaders called the arrested president and ordered the protesters to sit down and begin camping out on the street outside Yoon's home. Thousands of protesters sat on the cold asphalt and continued to chant "Death to Yoon Seok-yeol!" Temperatures in Seoul were just above freezing on Friday and are expected to drop to 17 degrees Celsius overnight. Ms. Li, who was the first to plan to sleep outdoors, said she was already wearing a winter coat and carrying an extra vest in See More
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