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Yoon imposed martial law on December 3, 2024 with the justification of protecting the people from “anti-state forces.” The measure was revoked just hours later by Parliament amid massive protests, and Yoon was removed from office in April 2025.
His Defense Minister has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.
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The former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol has been convicted of insurrection for the failed imposition of martial law, at the end of 2024, an episode that shook the country’s democratic institutions and could lead to the death penalty.
The South Korean Justice considers that tried to subvert the constitutional order.
Yoon imposed martial law on December 3, 2024 with the justification of protecting the people from “anti-state forces.” The measure was revoked just hours later by Parliament amid massive protests, and Yoon was removed from office in April 2025.
The other two proceedings linked to the state of emergency include accusations of abuse of power, related to the alleged sending of drones to North Korea to provoke a crisis and justify martial law, and of perjury for his testimony in the case against Han.
In addition, Yoon faces four other trials unrelated to martial law, while his wife and former first lady, Kim Keon-hee, was recently sentenced to almost two years in prison for corruption.
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