Seoul, July 13 (IANS) A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of violating the Political Funds Act in a ruling that marked a departure from a separate trial where his wife was acquitted on the same charges…
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Seoul, July 2 (IANS) South Korea’s Supreme Court will deliver its verdict next week on charges that former President Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice by blocking investigators from detaining him in the wake of his failed martial law bid in 2024, legal sources said Thursday. The sentencing hearing will be held at 2 pm next Thursday, marking the top court’s first ruling for Yoon over charges stemming from his surprise declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024.The jailed former president is ac…
Seoul, June 22 (IANS) South Korea’s former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after a district court found him guilty of playing a key role in an insurrection through his involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the heavy punishment for Park, which surpassed the 20-year prison term sought by special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team. The court immediately placed Park under custody, citing conc…
Seoul, June 21 (IANS) A Seoul court is set to deliver its verdict this week on South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who has been indicted over receiving luxury gifts in exchange for job appointments and business favors. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the sentencing hearing for Kim, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, on charges of violating a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation, at 2 pm Friday, according to judicial sources Sunday.Kim w…
Seoul, June 12 (IANS) A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024. The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of benefiting the enemy and abuse of power in its ruling that matched special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s sente…
Seoul, June 10 (IANS) The US-Iran war has made North Korea even less likely to give up its nuclear weapons program, South Korean President Lee Jae Myung said in an interview published on Wednesday.Lee made the remark in a recent interview with The Economist on the occasion of the first anniversary of his inauguration, adding the “unique personality” of US President Trump can be “very helpful” in bringing the North back to dialogue.Lee also reaffirmed South Korea’s own commitment to nonproliferat…
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) A special counsel team in South Korea sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday for violating the election law in the lead-up to his presidential election in 2022. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team made the sentencing recommendation at the Seoul Central District Court during the final hearing of Yoon’s trial on charges of violating the Public Officials Election Act when he was the presidential candidate of the People Power Party (PPP).Yoon …
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) Senior US State Department officials recently met with a South Korean pastor who had led rallies opposing the impeachment of now-jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed marital law bid, according to a church on Monday. According to Segero Church, Riley Barnes, assistant secretary of state for democracy, human rights and labour (DRL), and Julie Turner, acting deputy assistant secretary of state for DRL, along with White House faith liaison Belsis Romero, visited…
Seoul, June 7 (IANS) A court in South Korea is set to deliver its verdict this week on former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s charges of ordering drone incursions into Pyongyang during his tenure as a pretext to declare martial law, officials said on Sunday. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the hearing for Yoon on Friday on charges that include benefiting the enemy and abuse of authority, according to judicial officials.Yoon is accused of ordering the South Korean military to fly drones over…
Seoul, June 4 (IANS) South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party (DP) clinched a resounding victory in the local elections and parliamentary by-elections, winning the key mayoralty in the traditional conservative stronghold of Busan, while the main opposition party retained the Seoul mayoral seat. The DP won 12 out of the 16 key mayoral and gubernatorial seats up for grabs, including in Busan, where Jeon Jae-soo was elected mayor, while the main opposition People Power Party (PPP) took four seats, inc…