This was the impressive security operation deployed in Seoul to capture the ousted president Yoon Suk-yeol

It had barely passed three in the morning when the lights began to turn on in the streets of Yongsan, the central district of Seoul where the presidential residence is located. A caravan of police vehicles and armored trucks crept closer as thousands of officers, in tight formation, took up positions around the compound.

The footsteps echoed in the damp winter darkness, marking the beginning of an operation that would become historic: the capture of ousted President Yoon Suk-yeol, accused of insurrection after his failed attempt to impose martial law.

The images broadcast by the media looked like scenes taken from a political thriller. In one shot, a group of investigators silently advanced along the main path towards the entrance to the presidential villa, where the shadows of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) guards, loyal to the president, were silhouetted against the wire-wire barricades. spikes and crossed buses. In another, riot police stood next to the high perimeter wall, while others prepared t...
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