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.

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

South Korea's President Yoon Suk Yeol arrested after dramatic hours-long standoff - Yoon Suk Yeol was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the resi