SEOUL: A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to five years in prison on charges related to the imposition of martial law and other charges. The case relates to a decree issued in late 2024 and other charges for which Yoon is facing eight criminal trials, and is the first verdict against him.
The most important charge against him is that he led a rebellion to impose martial law, which carries a possible death penalty. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced him on other charges in the case on Friday.
Yoon did not immediately comment on the ruling, but Yoon’s defense team had called the charges politically motivated when a lawyer had earlier asked for a 10-year sentence for Yoon. Yun was removed from office as president after briefly imposing martial law in December 2024. He was subsequently arrested and dismissed.