Supporters of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol pushed past lines of police to enter the court, some destroying furniture and blasting fire extinguishers at officers trying to suppress them.

A court-ordered arrest could lead to an extended custody for Yoon Suk Yeol, who faces both criminal charges and a Constitutional Court ruling that will determine whether he is dismissed or

North Korea warned Friday that it would exercise its right to self-defense "more intensively" as it condemned recent joint air drills among South Korea, the United States and Japan.

Yoon Suk Yeol this week became South Korea’s first sitting president to be detained. The Seoul Detention Center is a far cry from his official residence.

South Korean police detained impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at his residence in Seoul on Wednesday local time, ABC News confirmed.

A South Korean court on Sunday extended President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention for up to 20 days, leading to violent protests by hundreds of angry supporters who stormed the court building, smashed windows and broke inside.

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound,

Yoon Suk Yeol became the first South Korean leader to be held by criminal investigators, ending a long standoff after he imposed martial law.

Yoon Suk Yeol, who is facing insurrection charges after his effort to impose martial law last month, becomes the first South Korean president to be detained while in office.

The Constitutional Court, an arbiter in a polarized nation, is about to consider whether Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment for declaring martial law was justified.

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.