Senior judge at the Seoul Central District Court, Nam Se-jin, issued the arrest warrant requested by special counsel Cho Eun-suk, citing concerns that Yoon could destroy evidence.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is set to face another round of questioning by a special counsel team this week, Yonhap news agency reported.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi held brief pull-aside meetings with Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum and South Korean President Lee Jae-myung on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Canada.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol announced his departure from the People Power Party (PPP) on Saturday and called on voters to support the party's presidential candidate Kim Moon-soo.
Former South Korean President Moon Jae-in has been formally charged with bribery over claims that he helped secure a job for his former son-in-law at an airline, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency.
Prosecutors have formally indicted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of organising an insurrection related to his brief declaration of martial law last month. Following this, Yoon Suk Yeol becomes the first sitting South Korean president to be indicted while in detention, acco
"The Joint Investigation Headquarters executed an arrest warrant for President Yoon Suk-yeol today (January 15) at 10:33 am (01:30 GMT)," the authorities said in a statement on Wednesday, Al Jazeera quoted.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday defied summons from a joint investigation team regarding his brief declaration of martial law, marking the second time he has defied summons, according to a report by Yonhap News Agency.
The main opposition in the South Korean assembly, the Democratic Party (DP), on Tuesday announced that it will delay its plan to introduce the impeachment motion against South Korean acting President Han Duck-soo.
In a televised public address, Yoon said sending troops to the National Assembly during martial law can't amount to insurrection, while he continued to defy calls to step down, Yonhap reported.