South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.

Crowds of people wrapped up against the bitter January cold clutch signs emblazoned with the slogan “Stop the Steal,” wave US flags, and don red MAGA-like hats.

In a statement before his detention, the president said the ‘rule of law has completely collapsed in this country’.

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

South Korea looks set for a dramatic political showdown this week as impeachment proceedings kick off against suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, who remains holed up in his fortified residence evading arrest for a separate criminal investigation.

Hundreds of police officers raided the presidential complex in the capital Seoul, aiming to arrest him again after he barricading himself there for weeks since attempting to impose martial law

Thousands of South Koreans have gathered for rival demonstrations in the capital Seoul, either demanding the arrest of President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed December 3 martial law decree or calling for his impeachment to be declared invalid.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, fortified inside his presidential compound, failed to appear for his first hearing at Seoul’s Constitutional Court Tuesday, escalating a national crisis as other agencies plan to forcibly make him face charges of insurrection for his ill-fated attempt to impose martial law last month.

For more than a week now, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has been barricaded in his residence to avoid detention on charges of insurrection And for more than a week, demonstrators both for and against Yoon have been out on the streets of Seoul.