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Hannam-dong's pro- and anti-government rally continues...Presidential residence at this time.

2025.01.05 AM 10:51
Citizens gathered to protest the arrest of President Yoon near Hannam-cho

Detach with a police fence...Closer Distance Worries Collision

Citizens in favor of impeachment call for re-execution of warrant for second night
[Anchor]
Near the residence, rally participants for or against the impeachment of the president are staying overnight.

Tensions are also rising over the possibility of re-execution of arrest warrants.

There is a reporter on the scene. Reporter Kim Lee Young!

Please tell us the atmosphere of the citizens around the residence.

[Reporter]
Yes, as the snow continues to fall, citizens calling for President Yoon's arrest and citizens supporting the president are gathered respectively.

As the citizens of the pros and cons are gathered close by, the police have parked several mobile buses and fences to separate the two sides, but there are concerns about clashes if the crowd is more crowded.

Pro-impeachment citizens, who have been sitting near Hannam Elementary School for two days and holding rallies, stayed up all night except for two lanes and demanded an investigative agency re-execute the warrant.

They said that President Yoon is not even following due judicial procedures, and that the security service should stop the illegal interference and cooperate with the arrest.

At an emergency press conference held at 10 a.m., the emergency action side criticized the complacent response of the police and the Senior Civil Servant Corruption Investigations Unit and called for the president's quick arrest.

The rally will begin again at 2 p.m.

On the other hand, rallies in support of President Yoon Suk Yeol are also continuing nearby.

Supporters have been sitting near the International Lutheran Church for days, voicing that the arrest warrant itself is illegal and invalid.Dozens of wreaths containing support for President

Yoon are also placed on one side of the street.

[Anchor]
There is a possibility of re-executing the warrant as early as today, what does it look like?

[Reporter]
There have been no specific trends around the residence, such as investigators and investigative vehicles.

However, security is tight, with mid-sized buses and fences surrounding the entrance to the official residence, and dozens of police officers are deployed to keep their seats.

The police also asked Park Jong-joon, the head of the security, and Kim Sung-hoon, the deputy head of the security, to appear yesterday, who blocked the execution of the warrant by the Joint Investigation Headquarters.

When they refused to respond, saying they could not leave for a moment, they again demanded to attend on the 7th and 8th, respectively.

He also reportedly called in the 55-guard commander of the Army Capital Defense Command, who is in charge of security outside the official residence, to investigate the arrest of the warrant, including the suspicion of mobilizing the military by the security service.

In the meantime, the presidential security seems to be preparing for the re-execution of the warrant by installing circular barbed wire on the mountain path approaching the official residence.

If the government attempts to execute an arrest warrant for President Yoon again, tensions continue to grow as there is a possibility that the security agency and the government agency may collide again.

I'm Kim Yi-young of YTN in front of the official residence in Hannam-dong, Seoul.

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Filming: Kim Hyun-mi



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