South Korea jails ex-president Yoon for life

6 days ago

A court in South Korea has sentenced former president Yoon Suk-yeol to life in prison after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection through his shock declaration of martial law in 2024. Delivering the verdict on Thursday at the Seoul Central District Court, presiding judge Ji Gwi-yeon said Yoon’s decision to deploy troops to the National Assembly aimed to silence political