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.

Yoon Suk Yeol has become South Korea’s first incumbent president to be arrested after he was charged with insurrection for declaring martial law last month and thrusting the country into ...

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday by the country's Corruption Investigation Office for High Ranking officials, a first for a sitting South Korean leader. This was the ...

South Korean authorities arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday over insurrection accusations related to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, investigators said. A motorcade was ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Sunday indicted impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on rebellion in connection with his short-lived imposition of martial law, a criminal charge ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested on Sunday, days after being apprehended in a massive law enforcement operation at his ...

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