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00:00Locked and surrounded by police, tens of thousands of anti-Yoon protesters stand on the road
00:05leading up to the presidential palace.
00:09Demonstrators are frustrated that impeached President Yoon has still not been arrested
00:13for ignoring summonses for questioning.
00:15He is under investigation for his attempts to introduce martial law in early December.
00:22In this kind of unjust society, we're holding this protest to oppose the government.
00:27I hope every one of us will come together so that our country moves toward a true democracy.
00:33As the political crisis engulfing South Korea continues, Yoon supporters are also out in
00:40force.
00:41They're chanting and waving South Korean and American flags and signs saying stop the steal,
00:47a phrase coined in the US by supporters of Donald Trump in 2020 when they falsely accused
00:52the Democrats of election fraud.
00:55Here in Seoul, they believe the impeached president is being treated unfairly.
01:02Just like Donald Trump, who stood against the fraudulent election in the US, we will
01:07reveal the truth about the fraud in our country as well.
01:14These protests come in the wake of Friday's dramatic six-hour standoff between President
01:19Yoon's security, his supporters and the authorities trying to arrest and question him.
01:24Presidential security prevented investigators from getting to Yoon, and there were reports
01:28of clashes.
01:30Investigators were eventually forced to withdraw.
01:32The anti-corruption agency has since asked the acting president to order the presidential
01:37security service to comply.
01:39The arrest warrant for Yoon is due to expire on Monday.