Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday by the Seoul Central District Court for what the court called “leading an insurrection” after his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024. Prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
The sentence caps one of the most dramatic political collapses in modern Asian democracy. Yoon declared “emergency martial law” on December 3, 2024, and deployed troops to shut down the National Assembly. Lawmakers voted to nullify the decree roughly six hours later, with some climbing through windows to bypass soldiers blocking the entrances. Yoon was subsequently impeached, removed from office, and replaced by left-wing opposition leader Lee Jae-myung, who won a special election in June 2025.
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