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.

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.

China will make every effort to rescue Chinese nationals who fell foul of scam operations luring them to countries including Myanmar, the public security ministry said late on Wednesday.

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

South Korea's president Yook Suk Yeol has been arrested by anti-corruption investigators, following a weeks-long stand-off between investigators and his personal security detail. The 64-year-old, who plunged South Korea into political turmoil with his short-lived martial law declaration on 3 December, is the first sitting president to be arrested.

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