In the early hours of Jan. 19, chaos broke out at the Seoul Western District Court as supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol stormed the premises upon hearing news of his arrest warrant. Protesters smashed windows and forced their way inside,

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

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.

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.

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.

This was the South Korean authorities' second attempt to arrest Yoon.

Thousands of police put down their guns and marched into South Korea’s presidential compound on Wednesday to arrest the impeached head of state Yoon Suk Yeol.