South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

Yoon, currently suspended from his duties with his powers transferred to an acting president, did not attend two previous hearings earlier this month. The court has until June 11 to decide whether to

Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.

Suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol will attend the fourth hearing of his impeachment trial on Thursday, his lawyers said, as former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun is slated to appear and testify as well.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is due to attend on Tuesday a Constitutional Court hearing of his impeachment trial where the detained leader may get a chance to argue his case or answer questions over his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

Yoon's declaration of martial law in December stunned South Koreans and plunged one of Asia's most vibrant democracies into political turmoil.

President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was arrested on charges of leading an insurrection, talks with his lawyer at the impeachment trial held at the Constitutional Court in central Seoul on January 21.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s fate remains in the balance after the suspended leader failed to appear at the first day of his impeachment trial Tuesday following weeks of evading arrest ...

South Korea’s constitutional court, on Thursday held the fourth hearing of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment trial, with the arrested president being present

Both Yoon and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun said that last month’s martial law gambit was neither illegal nor a failure

A new poll in South Korea has been released, suggesting that public support for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol is waning.