Critics accuse Yoon Suk-yeol's People Power Party of unfairly fanning Sinophobia to deflect criticism from the impeached president South Korea's ruling party is facing allegations of stoking anti-Chinese sentiment in an effort to shield impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol from punishment,

South Korean anti-graft investigators were holding on Tuesday for a new court-ordered arrest warrant for impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, whose failed martial law bid threw the country into turmoil.

A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea is a startling development, even for observers used to the country's famously rough and tumble politics.