Ex-South Korean Leader Gets Prison Term in First Ruling Over Martial Law
The New York Times • • world
Key Points:
- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison for fabricating an official document to justify his brief martial law declaration in late 2024 and for illegally using his bodyguards to prevent his arrest on insurrection charges.
- The ruling by a three-judge panel at Seoul Central District Court is the first of eight trials related to his martial law declaration, with a verdict on the more serious insurrection charge expected on February 19, where prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
- Yoon was found guilty of obstructing justice by ordering his security agents to block law enforcement from serving a detention warrant and abusing power by excluding some cabinet members from reviewing his martial law plan.
- The court highlighted that Y
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