Law enforcement authorities on Friday requested a court warrant to formally arrest South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, who was in his third day at a detention center after his ...

A picture of impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen on the screen during a rally to oppose his impeachment outside a detention center in Uiwang, South Korea, Friday, Jan.

Seoul, South Korea (AP) — Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol failed in their court effort to secure his release on Thursday, a day after he was detained at his residence ...

The impeached president arrives at the building housing the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) in Gwacheon, South Korea. (Korea Pool/AFP/Getty Images) Yoon's lawyers ...

South Korea’s detention centers have had plenty of experience at holding high-profile people, including former presidents and business tycoons. But this is the first time they’ve had to ...

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at the Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), in Gwacheon, South Korea after he was arrested from his presidential compound. Reuters Political ...

Seoul, South Korea — South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound Wednesday, defiantly insisting the anti ...

South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reported that the deputy chief of Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office (CIO), Lee Jae-seung, led questioning of Yoon inside an interrogation room ...

South Korea's Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials said they had executed an arrest warrant for Yoon at 10.33 am local time, per a statement obtained by Yonhap News.

Prosecutors allege this amounts to insurrection—a crime in South Korea punishable by life imprisonment or even the death penalty. Ever since, Yoon has been sequestered behind rolls of barbed ...