The development, which followed a failed arrest attempt earlier in January, deepens the fallout from his short-lived declaration of martial law last month.

Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested on Wednesday, an anti-graft agency investigating his Dec. 3 martial law attempt said in a statement.

Seoul: South Korea has been witnessing a political turmoil for the past many weeks that escalated after the then-President of the country, Yoon Suk Yeol imposed martial law, only to recall it after mass opposition and protests;