Embattled president had been holed up for weeks while vowing to 'fight to the end' against the efforts to oust him.

Yoon Suk Yeol became the first incumbent South Korean president to be arrested when he finally backed down on Wednesday in a weeks-long standoff with authorities investigating him over alleged insurrection.

South Korean investigators arrested President Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday to bring the impeached leader in for questioning over his short-lived martial law declaration. Yoon is the first incumbent president in the country’s history to be taken into custody,