South Korea's Supreme Court upholds lower court ruling in ex-president Yoon's obstruction case
The court also upheld findings that Yoon fabricated documents, skipped required cabinet steps and spread false information to foreign media.
- South Korea's Supreme Court upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday, confirming convictions for obstructing arrest and martial law-related misconduct.
- The convictions stem from Yoon's shock December 2024 martial law declaration, which he insisted was 'solely for the sake of the nation' to address threats from North Korea.
- Justices affirmed findings that Yoon obstructed justice by using bodyguards to block his arrest, falsified public documents with forged signatures, and distributed misleading information to foreign media.
- Following the decision, Yoon's legal team announced plans to challenge the ruling through constitutional review procedures, while he remains in detention facing seven other trials.
- Yoon faces broader legal jeopardy beyond this case; he was sentenced to life in prison in February for masterminding an insurrection tied to his martial law bid.
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The former Head of State was already sentenced in February to life imprisonment for having decreed martial law in December 2024 and sent the army to Parliament and, in June, to thirty years' imprisonment for launching military drones in North Korea.
South Korea's former head of state, Soon Suk Yeo, remains in custody. He was responsible for numerous crimes.
Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to five years in prison by a court of first instance in January.
South Korea's Supreme Court upheld the seven-year prison sentence of former President Yoon Seok-yeol for obstruction of justice and abuse of power following the declaration of martial law in late 2024.
South Korea top court upholds Yoon Suk Yeol's seven-year jail term
South Korea's Supreme Court has finalised Yoon Suk Yeol's seven-year sentence in the first martial law case to reach it. The ruling closes one chapter of the crisis, but he remains jailed as other serious cases continue.
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