South Korean investigators probing President Yoon Suk Yeol for alleged insurrection asked a Seoul court on Friday to extend his detention as the embattled leader again refused to be questioned.

In our news wrap Tuesday, South Korean investigators arrived in the early morning hours for a second attempt to detain impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol, House Speaker Johnson says flags at the Capitol will fly at full height during the inauguration of Donald Trump and Ukraine targeted Russia with several U.

South Korea's Presidential Security Service chief resigned Friday and acting President Choi Sang-mok accepted it. President Yoon Suk Yeol remains in his fortified residence as law enforcement seeks to arrest him.

TOKYO (AP) — A standoff between rival government forces outside the presidential compound in South Korea has been a startling development, even for observers used to the country's famously rough and tumble politics.

Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president say he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month,

South Korean authorities have arrested impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations of insurrection tied to his Dec. 3 martial law declaration, officials said.

The Corruption Investigation Office for High-Ranking Officials said Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the resident