STORY: South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol was arrested Wednesday, a first for a sitting president of the country.It's the latest turn in a political crisis sparked by his short-lived declaration of martial law last month which eventually saw Yoon hiding out at his residence for weeks,

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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.