They cut through barbed wires and braved freezing temperatures to reach Yoon, ending a weeks-long standoff.

Investigators have doggedly pursued a president who was suspended from duty for trying to impose martial law.

The impeached president said he will comply with questioning to "prevent unsavoury bloodshed."

Yoon Suk Yeol is the country's first sitting president to be arrested following an weeks-long stand-off

Large crowds of critics and supporters of impeached President Yoon gathered outside his residence before his arrest.

Yoon will be removed from office if at least six Constitutional Court judges vote to impeach him.

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Backers of Yoon Suk Yeol waved signs reading "stop the steal", as police called off an attempted arrest.