The information was given after the CIO failed to execute the arrest warrant and had to ask the police, while the police said that this request had legal problems. “After an internal legal review, we found that the CIO’s official letter about implementing that order caused a legal dispute,” said senior police official Baek Dong-heum in charge of investigating the case. Mr. Yoon ban b
The South Korean president’s security leadership did not comply with the arrest order
A police official said the force would consider arresting any member of the Presidential Security Service if they interfered again. CIO temporarily stopped executing the arrest warrant for Mr. Yoon on January 3, after many hours of confrontation with the security team protecting the president. Meanwhile, groups supporting and opposing the above arrest continued to protest on January 6. Mr. Yoon’s legal team on January 6 filed a complaint against CIO leader Oh Dong-woon and 10 others over the attempt to arrest the president last week, according to The Korea Times.
Amid many developments in South Korean politics, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea on January 6 launched a missile suspected of having supersonic speeds into the eastern sea of the country, in its first launch this year. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) detected the launch of a suspected intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) at about 12 o’clock (local time) from the Pyongyang area and flew about 1,100 km before falling into the sea. . A JCS official said the missile was similar to IRBMs equipped with hypersonic warheads launched in January and April last year.
Kyodo news agency quoted Japanese Prime Minister Ishiba Shigeru as instructing officials to quickly provide information to the people, ensure the safety of aircraft and ships in the area and prepare to deal with unexpected situations. Japanese Defense Minister Gen Nakatani said Tokyo had protested to Pyongyang about the missile launch.
The launch took place while US Secretary of State Antony Blinken visited South Korea. According to Yonhap, Mr. Blinken accused Russia of being willing to provide modern space and satellite technology to North Korea in exchange for weapons and other equipment. Russia did not immediately comment on the above statement. Besides, Mr. Blinken said that the close relationship between North Korea and Russia makes the need for increased security cooperation between the US, South Korea and Japan, as well as with NATO, due to security in the Indian Ocean region – The Pacific Ocean is increasingly connected.