South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, has been formally arrested, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul.

South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

After lawyers of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol argued that his arrest on January 15 was unlawful, a photo spread in social media posts falsely claiming it showed a search warrant used to illegally detain him rather than an arrest warrant.

China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who fell foul of scam operations luring them to countries including Myanmar, the public security ministry said late on Wednesday.

Yoon Suk Yeol was taken to a detention center after being questioned by law enforcement officials over his imposition of martial law last month

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.

South Korea's president Yook Suk Yeol has been arrested by anti-corruption investigators, following a weeks-long stand-off between investigators and his personal security detail. The 64-year-old, who plunged South Korea into political turmoil with his short-lived martial law declaration on 3 December, is the first sitting president to be arrested.

After Yoon Suk Yeol became the first sitting South Korean leader to be detained, on charges of insurrection over his failed martial law bid, right-wing groups repeatedly shared a manipulated image they claimed showed US President Donald Trump watching news about Yoon's arrest.