Seoul, May 14 (IANS) A Seoul appellate court on Thursday decided to halt former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s appeals trial on charges of leading an insurrection over his failed 2024 martial law bid after his lawyers filed for recusal, asking for the removal of all three judges in the trial.The Seoul High Court announced the decision in what had been expected to be the first formal hearing of Yoon’s appellate trial after a lower court sentenced him to life imprisonment over his short-li…
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Seoul, Feb 25 (IANS) A special counsel team said Wednesday it has appealed a court’s recent life sentence for former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol over his insurrection conviction. The special counsel, led by Cho Eun-suk, said the appeal was filed due to “factual errors, legal misunderstandings and inappropriate sentencing.”Last week, a Seoul court sentenced Yoon to life in prison for leading an insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law on December 3, 2024, Yonhap News Agency repor…
Seoul, Feb 24 (IANS) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday appealed his life sentence over his insurrection conviction from his failed bid to impose martial law.The appeal was filed by his lawyers five days after a court sentenced Yoon to life in prison for leading an insurrection when he briefly imposed martial law on December 3, 2024.”We think we have a responsibility to clearly point out the problems with this decision for not only court records but for future historical reco…
Seoul, Feb 19 (IANS) A court on Thursday sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for his failed bid to impose martial law in 2024. In the first ruling on the case, the Seoul Central District Court convicted Yoon of leading an insurrection through the martial law bid but handed down a sentence lighter than the death penalty recommended by special prosecutors, Yonhap News Agency reported.The court made clear the martial law order amounted to an insurrection as the f…
Seoul, Jan 21 (IANS) South Korea’s former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced to 23 years in prison Wednesday for playing a key role in an insurrection by abetting former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief imposition of martial law. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence in the first ruling that confirmed the declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, constituted an insurrection, Yonhap News Agency reported.The punishment was heavier than the 15 years sought by special…
Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) A Seoul court on Monday held the first hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial on charges of benefiting the enemy over allegations of dispatching military drones to Pyongyang in 2024. The hearing took place at the Seoul Central District Court behind closed doors, with Yoon, former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Yeo In-hyung, former head of the Defence Counterintelligence Command, in attendance.Yoon and the two others have been indicted on charges of aiding the …
Seoul, Jan 5 (IANS) South Korean former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial on charges of leading an insurrection through his short-lived imposition of martial law is set to conclude this week amid keen interest in the level of punishment he will face, including the possibility of the death penalty.The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold four hearings this week — on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday — in the insurrection trial of Yoon, former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun, forme…
Seoul, Dec 26 (IANS) A special counsel team on Friday sought a 10-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over obstruction of justice and other charges related to his December 2024 imposition of martial law. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team requested the sentence during the final hearing of Yoon’s related trial at the Seoul Central District Court, saying the former president committed a “grave crime” by “privatizing” state institutions with the aim of concealing and justifying his …
Seoul, Dec 23 (IANS) Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday denied allegations he sent drones into North Korea to create a pretext for his failed martial law imposition, citing his phone call with then US President-elect Donald Trump to back up his claim. Yoon spoke before the court himself during a closed-door hearing held to decide whether to extend his arrest, on charges of benefiting the enemy and power abuse in connection with his alleged drone deployment to Pyongyang in Oct…