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.

Impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol is the latest in a long line of leaders to have their political careers marred by scandal or meet an otherwise unfortunate end.