Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Seoul Central District Court for attempting to impose martial law in 2024, in a case deemed an insurrection, though prosecutors had sought the death penalty
South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison for defying detention, fabricating a martial law decree, and bypassing Cabinet procedures. He faces multiple trials, including a rebellion case where a death or life sentence is possible
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol skipped his second martial law-related trial for the third straight session. The Seoul court proceeded without him as witnesses testified about his alleged abuse of power and obstruction of detention during the failed martial law attempt.
South Korea’s jailed ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s wife, Kim Keon Hee, has been arrested over alleged bribery, stock manipulation, and political meddling. She and Yoon are the first former presidential couple jailed simultaneously, amid multiple special prosecutor probes into their conduct
A South Korean court has re-arrested former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his brief martial law decree in December. The court cited risks of evidence destruction, as a special prosecutor pursues multiple charges including rebellion and abuse of power.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been re-arrested over a failed martial law attempt, facing insurrection charges after a court cited risk of evidence destruction during an ongoing investigation.
Senior officials of the Presidential Security Service (PSS) have been under criticism for interfering with authorities' attempt to execute an arrest warrant for Yoon in early January as part of an investigation into insurrection charges related to Yoon, Yonhap news agency reported.
Yoon has been ordered by the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) to appear for questioning at 10 a.m. after he failed to appear the previous day, Yonhap news agency reported.
Yoon was brought into custody about three hours after hundreds of law enforcement officers entered the residential compound in the agency's second attempt to detain him
