South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been found guilty of masterminding an insurrection over his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024.
The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon to life in prison after ruling that he was the leader of the December 3, 2024, insurrection.
Mr. Yoon, 65, has been on trial since April on a series of criminal charges stemming from that short-lived martial law declaration.
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While sentencing Yoon to life imprisonment, presiding Judge Ji Gwi-yeon said that Mr. Yoon had “flouted legal procedures and resorted to violent means to try to incapacitate the National Assembly and undermine democratic norms.”
Mr. Yoon, who denied the charges against him, has a week to appeal the verdict and ruling.