Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for imposing martial law to suppress the opposition in December 2024.

South Korean court sentences former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for leading insurrection after he declared martial law in December 2024.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after a court found him guilty of leading an insurrection during his short-lived imposition of martial law, which plunged the country into political chaos and threatened to unravel decades of democracy.

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to life prison Thursday for his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024 to suppress the opposition. The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of mobilizing military and police forces in an illegal attempt to seize the liberal-led National Assembly,

Mr. Yoon, 65, has been on trial since April on a series of criminal charges stemming from that short-lived martial law declaration. The judges at the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday ruled on the most serious of them: being the ringleader of an insurrection.

A South Korean court declared former president Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid in 2024 an insurrection, sentencing the disgraced leader to life in prison on Thursday.Yoon abruptly declared martial

South Korean court sentences former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison over brief martial law imposition.

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.