South Korea's impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol attended a court hearing on Saturday to fight a request by investigators to extend his detention on accusations of insurrection. Yoon on Wednesday became the country's first sitting president to be arrested,

South Korea's impeached president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was formally arrested early Sunday, days after being apprehended at his presidential compound in Seoul, as he faces possible imprisonment over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month.

Yoon, who was impeached and suspended from office in December, is the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested.