A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk-Yeol to five years in prison, delivering the first criminal verdict stemming from his failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024, an extraordinary episode that rattled one of Asiaβs most stable democracies and abruptly ended his presidency.
The Seoul Central District Court ruled that Yoon illegally obstructed justice by deploying the presidential security service to block investigators from executing a court-approved arrest warrant issued as part of a criminal probe into his martial law declaration.
Judges also found him guilty of fabricating official documents and bypassing constitutional and legal procedures
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