Authorities detained the impeached Yoon Suk Yeol, a move some say prolongs the divisions that have racked South Korea since he declared martial law last month.

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.

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