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Ex-president Yoon sentenced to 5 years in prison for obstruction of justice
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The Seoul Central District Court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison on Friday for charges including obstruction of justice. This marks the first ruling related to his short-lived martial law declaration in December 2024. The sentence is half of the 10 years requested by special counsel.
The Seoul Central District Court is set to deliver a verdict on Wednesday on charges that former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo abetted former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law imposition. Han will be the first member of Yoon's Cabinet to face sentencing over the December 3, 2024, emergency order. Prosecutors seek a 15-year prison term, while Han denies the allegations.
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol will receive his first court verdict this week over obstruction of justice and other charges tied to his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024. The Seoul Central District Court has scheduled the sentencing hearing for 2 p.m. Friday and approved live broadcasts due to public interest. This marks the first sentencing among the eight cases he faces.
Building on initial results, special prosecutor Cho Eun-seok's team revealed military intelligence prepared baseball bats and other tools to coerce election officials, amid a 180-day probe indicting 27 and yielding new insights into the Dec. 3 power grab plot.
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The Seoul Central District Court announced on December 16 that it will deliver a verdict on January 16 in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's trial for obstructing justice during his short-lived martial law declaration last December, following the special counsel's indictments earlier this year.
As the first anniversary of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration approaches, President Lee Jae Myung plans a special address highlighting the restoration of democracy. The opposition People Power Party faces deepening internal turmoil, while police apologize for their actions at the time. Analysts say the incident has intensified partisan conflicts and regional divides.
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South Korea's military has taken disciplinary action against a senior army official involved in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived martial law imposition last year. The defense ministry announced the measure on Wednesday. The official, chief of the Army's legal affairs office, was among 34 people on a bus heading to Seoul shortly after the National Assembly voted to lift the decree.
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