The president's ultraconservative supporters believe that the country has been overrun by North Korea sympathizers conspiring to destroy South Korea’s freedoms.

The security chief, who resigned on Friday, said that bloodshed must be avoided when it came to the arrest of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol.

The police are investigating whether President Yoon Suk Yeol tried to lead an insurrection when he declared martial law and plunged the country into crisis.