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.

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.

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

A first attempt on January 3 to arrest Yoon Suk Yeol had failed after a tense hours-long standoff with members of his official Presidential Security Service (PSS), who refused to budge when investigators tried to execute their warrant.

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday (January 15) over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, investigators said.

An effort to arrest South Korea's president on Jan. 3 failed. A second attempt on Wednesday succeeded—with the help of what the BBC reports was a 1,000-person-strong arrest team. Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is under criminal investigation for insurrection after declaring martial law on Dec.

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.

Seoul, South Korea — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean law enforcement officials on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law last month. In a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of an ...

Yoon declared martial law in a televised speech on Dec. 3. Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained by South Korean police at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean law enforcement officials on Wednesday detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief imposition of martial law last month. In a video message ...