US EditionOusted South Korean President Yoon appeals life sentence for martial law decree
Yoon’s legal team challenges the life sentence citing overzealous prosecution and factual errors; the court found his martial law declaration aimed to paralyse the National Assembly.
- Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol appealed his life sentence for insurrection related to his 2024 martial law declaration according to his lawyers.
- The Seoul Central District Court convicted Yoon of leading an insurrection aimed at paralyzing the National Assembly and sentenced him to life in prison.
- Yoon declared martial law in December 2024 and suspended civilian government for about six hours before lawmakers ended it with an emergency vote.
- Yoon's legal team criticized the prosecution's indictment and planned to challenge the verdict and its political context.
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Yoon Suk Yeol's legacy threatens to erode US-South Korea alliance
First published by Pacific Forum‘s The Pilot: Indo-Pacific Policy Briefs, this article is republished with permission. Last week, former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol (2022-25) received a life sentence for leading an insurrection in connection to his aborted martial law declaration in December 2024. A few days later, it came to light that South Korea had objected to […] The post Yoon Suk Yeol’s legacy threatens to erode US-South Korea all…
Former South Korean President Appeals Life Sentence for Insurrection Over Martial Law Decree
Lawyers for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Feb. 24 said he has appealed the life sentence a Seoul court handed him for rebellion in relation to his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 19 found Yoon guilty on charges of abuse of authority and orchestrating an insurrection. The former president’s lawyers said in their appeal of the conviction that they aim to address the “errors in…
Former South Korean President Yoon appealed against his sentence to a life sentence.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has appealed the life sentence handed down to him by a Seoul court last week for leading a rebellion, his lawyers said. The court found Yoon guilty of leading a rebellion in connection with his declaration of martial law in December 2024.
The former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced last week to eternal imprisonment by the Seul Court because he imposed martial law at the end of 2024.
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