Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law to suppress the opposition.

Yoon Suk Yeol’s reckoning is the result of South Korea’s mammoth push to hold a head of state accountable for almost tearing ...

South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for rebellion over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024.

While the court denied prosecutors’ request for the death penalty, the life sentence imposed on Yoon Suk Yeol is a pivotal moment for South Korea’s democracy.

It has been a long 443 days since that dramatic night. Yoon was arrested and impeached, while the fallout battered his party. The result showed in the election, when South Koreans emphatically voted ...

Chun Doo-hwan, who ruled South Korea in the 1980s as a military dictator, was sentenced to death for leading an insurrection, though this was later reduced to life imprisonment. His ally and successor ...

South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life imprisonment Thursday after being convicted of abusing his ...

Yoon Suk Yeol, the impeached president of South Korea, was found guilty of insurrection and sentenced to life in prison over ...