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		</div><p>South Korean anti-corruption agency said on Tuesday a court has issued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.</p>
<p>The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said in a statement that the Seoul Western District Court issued the warrant to detain Mr Yoon over his short-lived martial law decree earlier this month.</p>
<p>The agency said it is investigating whether his declaration of martial law amounted to rebellion.</p>
<p>Mr Yoon’s powers have been suspended since the opposition-controlled National Assembly voted to impeach him on December 14.</p>
<p>The Constitutional Court will determine whether to dismiss Mr Yoon as president or reinstate him.</p>
<p>He has ignored repeated requests by investigative authorities to appear for questioning and allow them to search his office.</p>
<p>Mr Yoon has the presidential privilege of immunity from criminal prosecution, but it does not extend to allegations of rebellion or treason.</p>
<p>The anti-corruption agency said it has no immediate plans on how to proceed with the court-issued warrants.</p>
<p>Many observers earlier doubted that authorities would forcefully detain him because of the potential for clashes with the presidential security service.</p>
<p>They say the security service likely will not permit searches of Mr Yoon’s office, citing a law that prohibits searches on sites with state secrets without approval from those in charge of those areas.</p>
<p>Mr Yoon’s imposition of martial law lasted only six hours but triggered huge political turmoil, halting high-level diplomacy and rattling financial markets. The president sent hundreds of soldiers and police officers to the National Assembly to block a vote on his decree, but enough members managed to enter the assembly chamber to overturn it unanimously.</p>
<p>Mr Yoon has argued his decree was a legitimate act of governance, calling it a warning to the main liberal opposition Democratic Party, which he has called “a monster” and “anti-state forces” that has used its legislative majority to impeach top officials, undermine the government’s budget and which he claims sympathises with North Korea.</p>
<p>The country’s political crisis deepened on Friday when the Democratic Party and other small opposition parties voted to impeach acting President Han Duck-soo as well over wrangling over his refusal to fill in three justice seats at the Constitutional Court.</p>
<p>Observers say adding more justices could affect the court’s ruling on Mr Yoon’s impeachment.</p>
<p>The deputy prime minister and finance minister, Choi Sang-mok, has become South Korea’s new interim leader.</p>
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