South Korea fails to detain impeached president in standoff at his home

Members from the Korean Confederation of Trade Unions (KCTU) participate in a protest against impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Friday, in Seoul, South Korea. (Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images/TNS)

SEOUL, South Korea — When around 100 criminal investigators and police officers entered a hilly compound in central Seoul on Friday morning, they tried to achieve something that has never been done before in South Korea: detain a sitting president.