South Korea's Yoon Suk Yeol has become the country's first sitting president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff between investigators and his personal security. Yoon, whose failed attempt to impose martial law plunged the country into turmoil and saw him impeached by parliament,

Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested and questioned by authorities in relation to a criminal insurrection investigation, saying he was only cooperating with what he called an illegal probe to avoid violence.