News brief

Six-hour standoff at South Korea president’s residence ends. South Korean investigators have left the president’s official residence Jan. 3 after a nearly six-hour standoff during which he defied their attempted detainment. Thousands of police officers gathered at Mr. Yoon’s residence, forming a perimeter around a growing group of pro-Yoon protesters in the latest confrontation in a crisis that has paralyzed South Korean politics and seen two heads of state impeached in under a month. Mr. Yoon’s defense minister, police chief, and several top military commanders have already been arrested over their roles in the period of martial law.