In the first ruling on the case, the Seoul Central District Court convicted Yoon of leading an insurrection through the martial law bid but handed down a sentence lighter than the death penalty ...

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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for briefly imposing martial law in a dramatic culmination to the country's biggest political crisis in decades.

Yoon Suk Yeol, 65, was sentenced to life in prison over his short-lived power grab, which sent the Asian democracy into political turmoil in 2024.

A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for leading an insurrection when he made a short-lived martial law declaration in December 2024.

The Seoul Central District Court is expected to sentence Yoon and several former military and police officials on Thursday.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment over his brief declaration of martial law in December 2024.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.