South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol handed life sentence for leading insurrection
South Korea’s ex-president jailed for life for martial law declaration
- Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment.
- He was found guilty of rebellion and abuse of authority over his failed 2024 attempt to introduce martial law.
- Prosecutors had called for a death sentence for Yoon, who sought to paralyse the legislature and arrest political opponents.
- The martial law episode lasted six hours, sparking significant street protests before MPs regained control of the national assembly.
- Yoon is the first former South Korean leader to receive the maximum custodial sentence for these charges.
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