South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a new and potentially more robust attempt to arrest him on insurrection charges after a top investigator vowed to do whatever it takes to break a security blockade and take in the impeached leader.

For weeks, impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has remained in his compound and refused to respond to detention and search warrants.

Yoon has been lying low at his official residence in Hannam-dong, an upscale district popular with business tycoons and celebrities known as Korea's Beverly Hills. Meanwhile, investigators seeking to question him on allegations of insurrection have struggled to execute a warrant for his arrest.

By Joyce Zhou, Minwoo Park and Eduardo Baptista SEOUL (Reuters) -As impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol fights for his political survival, the embattled leader has found an ally among young conservative men.

Crowds of people wrapped up against the bitter January cold clutch signs emblazoned with the slogan “Stop the Steal,” wave US flags, and don red MAGA-like hats.

As impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has hidden inside his home fending off efforts to arrest him over a failed martial law bid, his supporters have camped outside waving placards bearing a famous Trump-esque slogan.

Supporters of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have adopted some of the symbols and slogans associated with President-elect Donald Trump.

In a dramatic escalation of South Korea’s ongoing political crisis, anti-corruption investigators have sought a renewed arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose controversial attempt to impose martial law last month plunged the nation into turmoil.

Suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol remains defiant, barricaded in his fortified residence, as the arrest warrant for his controversial martial law order nears expiration.