South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.

Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3

Police used ladders to scale barricades and enter the president’s residential compound as they try to detain Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges.

South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol was reportedly arrested by the country's Corruption Investigation Office for High Ranking officials, a first for a sitting South Korean leader. This was the second bid to arrest the impeached president,

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk-yeol faced renewed questioning on Thursday, a day after his dramatic arrest over a failed martial law declaration, but his lawyers said he would not take part.

South Korean authorities arrested and detained the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, for questioning over his short-lived martial-law declaration. Yoon is being investigated on possible allegations of insurrection.

As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were increasingly realising the country's legal system had been hijacked by leftist forces.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained by police at his residence Wednesday morning for questioning over his short-lived martial law attempt.

The development, which followed a failed arrest attempt earlier in January, deepens the fallout from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month.

Yoon Suk Yeol, South Korea's impeached president, plans to attend a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection, his lawyer said.

South Korea’s impeached president has received a pay rise despite being holed up inside a guarded compound after his botched martial law declaration.