Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol rally in front of the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2025, ahead of a hearing to decide whether to formally arrest him or not over his short-lived martial law imposition.

Yoon Suk Yeol was taken to a detention center after being questioned by law enforcement officials over his imposition of martial law last month

Yoon becomes the first sitting president to face arrest warrant The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials on Friday officially filed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk Yeol,

South Korean investigators probing President Yoon Suk Yeol for alleged insurrection asked a Seoul court on Friday to extend his detention as the embattled leader again refused to be questioned.

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.

Judges at South Korea's Constitutional Court get underway with a trial this week that could remove the country's president from office. Yoon Suk Yeol sent the nation into a democratic crisis six weeks ago when he declared martial law.

The impeachment trial for South Korea’s embattled president, Yoon Suk Yeol, gets under way with the first hearings in Seoul. Also on the programme:

South Korean prosecutors asked a court Friday for a new arrest warrant for detained President Yoon Suk Yeol as he again refused questioning by investigators probing his failed martial law

A convoy vehicle, likely carrying impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at the Seoul Western District Court in Seoul on Jan. 18, 2025, for an arrest warrant hearing at 2 p.m. at the court over his short-lived martial law decree last month. (Yonhap)

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.