Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him.

A court-ordered arrest could lead to an extended custody for Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces both criminal charges and a Constitutional Court ruling that will determine whether he is dismissed or

Yoon’s detention comes after a stand-off between South Korean investigators and his presidential bodyguards, who blocked earlier efforts to detain him.

The impeached South Korean president's second attempt to avoid arrest failed as a huge number of police officers detained him at his residence.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained in a major law enforcement operation at the presidential compound.

Embattled president had been holed up for weeks while vowing to 'fight to the end' against the efforts to oust him.

The South Korea military on Monday approved the official dismissal of four senior commanders suspected of taking part in impeach

SEOUL - South Korea's constitutional court on Thursday held the second hearing for the impeachment trial of President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was arrested the previous day over his martial law imposition.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged insurrection, and in between being questioned the suspended leader is expected to be held in a solitary cell at a detention centre.

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.

Law enforcement authorities on Friday requested a court warrant to formally arrest South Korea’s impeached president ... agency’s headquarters in Gwacheon, during which he exercised his ...

South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate.