As a detention warrant was issued for President Yoon Seok-youl, supporters who opposed this stormed the Seoul Western District Court on the 19th, leading to violent incidents. Foreign media reported that "Korea's political crisis is deepening."

Reuters and Agence France-Presse (AFP) reported simultaneously on the violent situation involving supporters of President Yoon at the Seoul Western District Court that day. Reuters stated, "As news of the detention warrant's issuance became known around 3 a.m., supporters flooded the building, overwhelming the police attempting to suppress them," adding, "They were seen spraying fire extinguishers at the police and destroying office furniture in videos."

On the 19th, President Yoon Suk-yeol, accused of being the leader of a rebellion, is seized while supporters of President Yoon break the windows of the Seoul Western District Court and enter inside. /Courtesy of News1

AFP described the situation of the violent incident along with the fact that hundreds of police officers were deployed, characterizing it as "unacceptable illegal and violent behavior." The British daily, The Guardian, reported, "Chanting the name of the president who has plunged Korea into its worst political crisis in decades, hundreds of supporters broke down doors and stormed the court."

Foreign media referenced the violent incident involving supporters of President Yoon that occurred that day, alongside the January 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot in Washington, D.C. The British daily, Financial Times (FT), noted, "Supporters of President Yoon are borrowing the chant 'Stop the Steal' from supporters of President-elect Donald Trump, which refers to the allegations of election fraud in the 2020 U.S. presidential election that led to the January 6 incident."

The January 6 incident refers to the event where supporters of then-candidate Donald Trump stormed the Capitol in an attempt to block the certification of the presidential election results following the November 2020 U.S. election. At that time, Trump, the sitting president, maintained his claim of losing due to election fraud and faced criticism for not only failing to quell the violence but allegedly encouraging it.

FT evaluated the situation at the Western District Court that day, stating, "President Yoon claimed he is a victim of a conspiracy by leftists and pro-North Korean forces and promised to 'fight to the end,'" and added, "The political crisis in South Korea has deepened since the failed declaration of a state of emergency."

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