SOUTH KOREA’S impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol was detained today in a massive law enforcement operation at the presidential compound.

Mr Yoon defiantly insisted that the anti-corruption agency lacked the authority to investigate his actions, but said he complied to prevent violence.

In a video message recorded before he was escorted to the headquarters of the anti-corruption agency, Mr Yoon claimed that the “rule of law has completely collapsed in this country.”