Lawyers for impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol have failed in their court effort to secure his release

South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a hearing at a Seoul court on Saturday to oppose his potential formal arrest over his short-lived martial law decree last month, his lawyers said.

As 3,000 riot police swarmed his hillside villa on Wednesday, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol huddled with party loyalists, telling them that people were increasingly realising the country's legal system had been hijacked by leftist forces.

Yoon on Wednesday became the country’s first sitting president to be arrested, in a criminal probe related to his short-lived declaration of martial law on Dec. 3

Hours after South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested, triggering rioting by his supporters, his lawyers said Sunday that he remains defiant in his refusal to answer questions over the probe into his declaration of martial law last month.

South Korean authorities arrested and detained the country’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, for questioning over his short-lived martial-law declaration. Yoon is being investigated on possible allegations of insurrection.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested early on Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul. He faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month.

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

Mr. Yoon's arrest sparks chaos and unrest, facing potential rebellion charges and possible life imprisonment or death penalty.

South Korea's anti-corruption agency detains impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief declaration of martial law.

South Korea’s impeached president has received a pay rise despite being holed up inside a guarded compound after his botched martial law declaration.