ACTING South Korean leader Choi Sang Mok accepted the resignation of presidential security service head Park Jong Joon today, as the latter faced police questioning over his forces blocking the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol.

Mr Choi, who is the deputy prime minister, also expressed regret over the clashes between the presidential security service and investigators attempting to detain Mr Yoon and called for MPs to reach a bipartisan agreement to launch an independent investigation.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials and police are planning a second attempt to bring President Yoon into custody as they jointly probe whether his brief martial law declaration on December 3 amounted to an attempted rebellion.