Yoon’s detention, after a tense standoff outside the presidential residence, marks the latest chapter in a bewildering series of events since his martial law decree.

Authorities in South Korea arrested impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday from the presidential compound. The detention was nothing short of dramatic — officials had to cut barbed wire, scale walls and fight off supporters.

This was the South Korean authorities' second attempt to arrest Yoon.