The arrest marks the first time in South Korean history that an incumbent president has been taken into custody.

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained at the presidential compound on Wednesday after complying with a warrant, following weeks of defiance over an investigation into his imposition of martial law last month,

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.