Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him.

Yoon’s detention comes after a stand-off between South Korean investigators and his presidential bodyguards, who blocked earlier efforts to detain him.

Law enforcement authorities have requested a warrant to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is spending his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in a last-minute attempt to secure his release.

Embattled president had been holed up for weeks while vowing to 'fight to the end' against the efforts to oust him.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is reportedly in the hands of police and investigators after hourslong resistance at his presidential residence collapsed around daybreak Wednesday.

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged insurrection, and in between being questioned the suspended leader is expected to be held in a solitary cell at a detention centre.

South Korea’s President Yoon Suk-yeol becomes the first sitting president to be arrested in the country’s history after weeks-long standoff. View on euronews

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.

A supporter of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans during a rally to oppose his impeachment near the Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials in Gwacheon, S

South Korea’s acting leader ... Some Yoon supporters reacted with dismay as they watched the motorcade head toward Gwacheon. A few were removed by police officers after lying down on the ...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday as part of an investigation into alleged insurrection, and in between being questioned the suspended leader is expected to be held in a solitary cell at a detention centre.

SEOUL, Jan 22 (Bernama-Yonhap) -- Investigators arrived at the Seoul Detention Centre on Wednesday for a third attempt to forcibly bring in President Yoon Suk Yeol for questioning over his failed martial law bid, Yonhap news agency reported.