Impeached South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was taken on Wednesday to a detention center near the country's capital, Seoul, after being questioned by law enforcement officials over his imposition of martial law last month.

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.

South Korea's Constitutional Court adjourned the opening session of the impeachment trial of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol within minutes on Tuesday, after the embattled leader did not attend court.