Yoon Suk Yeol has faced South Korea's constitutional court for the first time, following last month's martial law saga.

South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

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 anti-corruption agency.

After lawyers of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his arrest on January 15 was unlawful, a photo spread in social media posts falsely claiming it showed a search warrant used to illegally detain him rather than an arrest warrant.

Police officers and investigators of the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials pass through the entrance to the official residence of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, as authorities are seeking to execute an arrest warrant, in Seoul, South Korea, January 15, 2025.

After Yoon Suk Yeol became the first sitting South Korean leader to be detained, on charges of insurrection over his failed martial law bid, right-wing groups repeatedly shared a manipulated image they claimed showed US President Donald Trump watching news about Yoon's arrest.

South Korea’s suspended president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has denied accusations that he ordered the arrest of lawmakers during his attempt to impose martial law during his first appearance at his impeachment trial on Tuesday.

Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.