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

The country is deeply polarised by the president's attempt to impose martial law.

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.

Yoon Suk Yeol's annual salary will rise to 262.6 million won, as South Korea remains in turmoil.