Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for 2024 Insurrection
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Summary
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment with labor for leading an insurrection by declaring martial law in December 2024. The Seoul central district court found his actions constituted an attempt to disrupt the constitutional order, making him the first elected head of state in South Korea's democratic era to receive the maximum custodial sentence.
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finding him guilty of leading an insurrection and making him the first elected head of state in the country's democratic era to receive the maximum custodial sentence
The Seoul central district court found that Yoon's declaration of martial law on 3 December 2024 constituted insurrection, carried out with the intent to disrupt the constitutional order
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