Park Chong-jun, chief of the Presidential Security Service, is surrounded by reporters as he appears before the Joint Investigation Headquarters in western Seoul on Jan. 10, 2024, for questioning regarding allegations that he blocked investigators' attempt to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea’s acting leader has accepted the resignation of the chief of the presidential security service, Park Jong-joon, as he faced police questioning over how his forces blocked law enforcement efforts to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol last week.

The chief of the presidential security service in South Korea, Park Jong-joon, resigned from his position amid a political stalemate as federal authorities seek to arrest the country’s impeached president.