SEOUL (Reuters) -Authorities were en route on Friday to execute an arrest warrant for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Yonhap news agency reported, as a crowd of protesters faced off with police outside his residence and vowed to block any attempt.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency has dispatched investigators to execute a warrant to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, as hundreds of his supporters are gathered at his residence in Seoul, vowing to block their approach.

A South Korean court on Tuesday approved an arrest warrant issued for President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was impeached and stripped of his presidential powers just weeks ago over his short-lived martial law decree that threw the country into political chaos.