Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in their second attempt to detain him.

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.

STORY: South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday, a first for a sitting president of the country.It's the latest turn in a political crisis sparked by his short-lived declaration of martial law last month which eventually saw Yoon hiding out at his residence for weeks,