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Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for insurrection over his failed attempt to impose martial law that plunged the country into turmoil.
A three-judge panel at Seoul Central District Court on Thursday found that Yoon was guilty of leading an insurrection in late 2024 that attempted to subvert the constitution.
“Yoon’s acts of sedition fundamentally undermine the core values of democracy,” said judge Ji Gwi-yeon.
Yoon had faced the possibility of a death sentence.
The verdict caps a dramatic episode that plunged South Korea into its worst political crisis in decades and tested the strength of its 39-year-old democracy.
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