South Korea’s impeached president has denied that he ordered the military to drag lawmakers out of the National Assembly to prevent them from voting to reject his martial law decree last month, as he appeared for the first time before the Constitutional Court that will determine his fate.

South Korean court orders formal arrest of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol over his short-lived martial law decree.

President Yoon Suk Yeol was formally arrested on Sunday after a South Korean court issued a warrant that would put him in custody for up to six months as investigative authorities look into his martial law imposition in December.

Yoon Suk Yeol has faced South Korea's constitutional court for the first time, following last month's martial law saga.

A Seoul court on Saturday again turned down prosecutors' request for an extension of President Yoon Suk Yeol's arrest. The Seoul Central District Court retained its earlier decision that rejected the prosecution's first request to extend the impeached president's detention for the investigation into his