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

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound. Yoon said he complied with the warrant after weeks of defiance over attempts to question him after he enacted martial law last month.

Criminal investigators began a second operation early Wednesday to detain the impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, for questioning in connection with insurrection charges.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol refused to be questioned by investigators on Monday under a probe into whether he committed insurrection, as dozens of his supporters faced being charged over a violent rampage on a court building.

Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol refused to be questioned by the investigators for the second day after his arrest over his failed martial law bid. The corruption investigation office called Yoon for questioning at 10 a.

A court in Seoul has extended the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, citing concerns that he may destroy evidence linked to his failed attempt to impose martial law last month. The court issued a warrant on Sunday allowing investigators to hold Yoon for an additional 20 days,

South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month.