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.

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

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.

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.

Disgraced South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was reportedly arrested over insurrection charges stemming from last month's shocking martial law declaration.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested by investigators early on Wednesday morning, local time. Yoon's arrest comes after weeks of attempts by South Korean anti-corruption investigators to bring him in for questioning.

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

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.

A South Korean court extended President Yoon Suk Yeol’s detention for 20 days, igniting violent protests from his supporters. Yoon, arrested for insurrection after a failed martial law declaration, faces a tumultuous political landscape as his party’s support rebounds amid ongoing turmoil.

A state anti-corruption investigation agency probing impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law case on Sunday requested that he appear for questioning later in the day, hours after a court approved his formal arrest.

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