South Korea’s anti-corruption agency says it has received a new court warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol after its previous attempt was blocked by the presidential security service last week.

Behind rows of barbed wire and a small army of personal security, impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol remained holed up in his sprawling hillside villa with his wife, dogs and cats on Tuesday as investigators planned his arrest.

Critics accuse Yoon Suk-yeol's People Power Party of unfairly fanning Sinophobia to deflect criticism from the impeached president South Korea's ruling party is facing allegations of stoking anti-Chinese sentiment in an effort to shield impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol from punishment,