Law enforcement authorities have requested a warrant to formally arrest impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, who is spending his third day at a detention center after his lawyers failed in a last-minute attempt to secure his release.

South Korean prosecutors asked a court Friday for a new arrest warrant for detained president Yoon Suk Yeol as he again refused questioning by investigators probing his failed martial law bid.

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