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 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 anti-corruption agency says impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol has been detained hours after hundreds of the agency's investigators and police officers arrived at his presidential compound to apprehend him.