South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was sent to a detention center near Seoul on Wednesday night, after being

SEOUL - South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Saturday attended the warrant hearing on whether to be detained for up to 20 days. Vehicles with the arrested president aboard, which departed from the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, arrived at the Seoul Western District Court, about 20 km north of the detention center, TV footage showed.

Yoon to appear at anti-corruption agency's office A motorcade carrying impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials inside the government complex in Gwacheon,

An unidentified person committed self-immolation in the parking lot near the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi late Wednesday.

The political crisis in South Korea is only continuing to intensify and will not be resolved with Yoon’s detention.

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.

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

A court-ordered arrest could lead to an extended custody for Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces both criminal charges and a Constitutional Court ruling that will determine whether he is dismissed or

Investigators sought a warrant to formally arrest impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his botched imposition of martial law Friday, 45 days after his late-night declaration on Dec. 3. The Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) filed the request with the

Yoon has justified his declaration of martial law Dec. 3 as a legitimate act of governance against the liberals leading parliament who've thwarted his agenda.

( MENAFN - IANS) Seoul, Jan 15 (IANS) A man in South Korea was seriously injured on Wednesday after setting himself on fire near the investigators' office where impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was being questioned over his short-lived imposition of martial law, Police said.