SEOUL: Impeached leader Yoon Suk Yeol made history this week as the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested, ending a weeks-long standoff. But analysts say the country's political crisis is far from over.

South Korea’s impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol Thursday remained in custody in the capital Seoul but refused to attend questioning over his short-lived martial law.

Lawyers representing South Korea’s impeached president say he will refuse further questioning after being detained by anti-corruption officials over his ill-fated declaration of martial law last month,