The Seoul High Court is set to hold the final hearing on Monday at 2 p.m. for former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his brief martial law imposition. The proceedings follow appeals by both Yoon and special counsel Cho Eun-suk against a lower court's five-year prison sentence. Yoon was convicted in January on charges including obstructing investigators and selective Cabinet meetings.
The Seoul High Court will hold the final hearing on Monday at 2 p.m. for former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial on charges of obstruction of special official duties, abuse of authority, and others linked to his short-lived martial law declaration in December 2024.
In January, a lower court convicted Yoon of obstructing investigators from detaining him last year and summoning only select Cabinet members to review his martial law plan. He was also found guilty of creating and discarding a false proclamation after the decree was lifted, but acquitted of ordering false press statements.
Monday's session will complete the evidence examination, hear the special counsel Cho Eun-suk team's sentencing recommendation and final opinions, as well as arguments from Yoon's lawyers and his own final statement.
The court is expected to rule before the end of June, as sentencing typically follows closing arguments within two months. Yoon faces eight trials in total related to the martial law, his wife's alleged corruption, and a Marine's death in 2023. In the main insurrection case, he received a life sentence in February and has been jailed since July.
