Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound,

Yoon last week became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested as he faces allegations of insurrection related to his stunning, short-lived Dec. 3 declaration of martial law that has pl

President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested on Sunday after a South Korean court issued a warrant that would allow the investigative authorities hold him in custody for at least eight more days and look into his martial law imposition in December.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained after a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound that ended a weeks-long stand-off between his bodyguards and the country’s anti-corruption agency.

This was the second bid to arrest the impeached president, following a failed attempt on Jan.3 when agents from South Korea's Presidential Security Service had blocked investigato

With the court’s approval of the warrant, investigators can now hold him for up to 20 days, including the time he has already spent at a detention center. If convicted of insurrection, Yoon could face

Yoon's declaration of martial law in December stunned South Koreans and plunged one of Asia's most vibrant democracies into political turmoil.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was in court for the first time yesterday for a crucial hearing that would decide whether to extend his detention as investigators probe his failed martial law bid.

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

After lawyers of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his arrest on January 15 was unlawful, a photo spread in social media posts falsely claiming it showed a search warrant used to illegally detain him rather than an arrest warrant.

Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.