After months of controversy around the short-lived martial law imposed by Yoon and now his ouster, fresh presidential elections are required to be held in the country within 60 days.
Yoon was impeached by the country's parliament last month, and became the first president to be arrested for imposing martial law that lasted six hours.
Yoon said he submitted himself for questioning to avoid any violence after more than 3,000 police officers marched on his residence to arrest him in the early hours of Wednesday.
Yoon has defied repeated summons in a separate criminal probe into allegations he masterminded insurrection with martial law bid, which led to 1st arrest warrant for a sitting president.
Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his failed attempt to impose martial law, a decision that prompted the first arrest warrant for a sitting president.
They encountered the presidential security forces inside. Yoon is currently under criminal investigation for his attempt on 3 December to impose martial law.
They were confronted with presidential security forces inside. Yoon is under criminal investigation for insurrection over his 3 December martial law attempt.
A court on Tuesday approved a warrant for the impeached president's arrest over allegations he masterminded insurrection by trying to impose martial law.
Yoon is facing investigation on allegations that he was leader of an insurrection, one of the few criminal charges from which a South Korean president does not have immunity.
DMK govt accuses Centre of withholding funds, tightening borrowing, unilateral deductions from state accounts. Says Centre's accounting & funding decisions have 'artificially inflated' debt burden.
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