Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken on Wednesday to a detention center near the country's capital, Seoul, 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.

STORY: South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday, a first for a sitting president of the country.It's the latest turn in a political crisis sparked by his short-lived declaration of martial law last month which eventually saw Yoon hiding out at his residence for weeks,