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To be revised February 19.
A local court announced judgment in the case of Yoon Suk Yeol, former President of South Korea, being accused of insurrection, on Thursday. The trial, which had finished on January 14, involved the prosecutor seeking death penalty for Yoon Suk Yeol's decree of martial law in late 2024, allegedly ungrounded and with purpose of power grab.
Yoon Suk Yeol had quoted an alleged uprising of rebels as motivation for the martial law at the time, while the prosecutor claimed the martial law was misused for power grab and constituted an insurrection.
The President is immune from penalties for several crime types, however, is not immune from penalties for insurrection: as a result, were the Court to judge that insurrection did occur, it may order death penalty for Yoon Suk Yeol, the maximum penalty.
Yoon Suk Yeol had declared martial law on December 3, 2024, leading to military protecting the parliament chamber. The martial law lasted only a few hours, however, as lawmakers created a backslash and clashed with the military, successfully entered the chamber and annulled this decision through a majority vote, 190-0. Then Yoon Suk Yeol was impeached on December 14, 2024.
See also
[edit]- South Korean Constitutional Court upholds impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol
- Impeachment of South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol fails
Sources
[edit]- Lim Hui Jie. South Korea's special prosecutor seeks death penalty for ex-President Yoon over martial law bid — CNBC, January 14, 2026