Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be held by criminal investigators, ending a long standoff after he imposed martial law. By Choe Sang-Hun Jin Yu Young and Victoria Kim Choe ...

This is the first time a sitting South Korean president has been detained on criminal charges. Choe Sang-Hun, the Seoul bureau chief for The New York Times , explains how we got here and what ...

SEOUL — South Korean authorities arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol early Sunday, days after he was detained by investigators in relation to his botched attempt to impose martial law last month.

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.

Suspended South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has reportedly been arrested over insurrection charges stemming from his ill-fated martial law declaration last month. Yoon's detention was reported ...

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested by investigators early on Wednesday morning, local time. Yoon's arrest comes after weeks of attempts by South Korean anti-corruption investigators ...

In their second attempt to detain him, South Korean anti-corruption investigators arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday. The arrest took place hours after the hundreds of the ...

South Korean authorities have reportedly arrested the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, making him the country’s first sitting president to ever be taken into custody. Yoon was ...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained by law enforcement authorities from his official residence in Seoul early Wednesday—becoming the first ever sitting president to be ...

SEOUL — Yoon Suk Yeol became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained, surrendering himself for questioning Wednesday after a weeks-long standoff that resulted in a dramatic ...

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained for questioning today, six hours after more than 3,000 police officers staged a predawn raid on the barricaded presidential compound in ...