Officials called off the effort due to concerns over the safety of its personnel after they were outnumbered by cordons of presidential security service personnel inside the compound.

It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday. The South Korean news agency Yonhap reported that a military unit in South Korea blocked investigators attempting to arrest suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol.

South Korea’s presidential guards and military troops prevented authorities from arresting Yoon Suk Yeol, the impeached president, on Friday in a tense six-hour stand-off inside his compound in the heart of Seoul.