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Fmr South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Jailed for Life for ‘Paralysing’ the Country’s National Assembly

A South Korean court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison, ruling that his December 2024 martial law declaration was a plot to “paralyse” the National Assembly. Yoon had abruptly announced the measure, claiming it was needed to root out “anti-state forces.”

Presiding judge Ji Gwi-yeon said Yoon “dispatched troops to the assembly building in an effort to

Fmr South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol Jailed for Life for ‘Paralysing’ the Country’s National Ass...

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Gist Flow NG: to silence his political opponents” and added, “The Court finds that the intention was to paralyse the assembly for a considerable period.”

“The declaration of martial law resulted in enormous social costs, and it is difficult to find any indication that the defendant has expressed remorse for that...