South Korean anti-corruption agency says that a court has issued warrants to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol and search his office.

A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for impeached and suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol, investigators said on Tuesday, over his short-lived bid to impose martial law.

The arrest warrant for an incumbent president is unprecedented, and deepens the political crisis that has engulfed South Korea.