South Korea's ex-President Yoon apologises after life sentence over martial law - Reuters
South Korea's ex-President Yoon apologises after life sentence over martial law Reuters
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"I apologize for everything that took place during my administration."
— Yoon , Politician
"to send troops to the national assembly to blockade the assembly hall and arrest key figures"
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
"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."
— Yoon Suk-yeol , Politician
"It was possible because it was the Republic of Korea."
— Lee Jae Myung , Politician
"In a situation where the independence of the judiciary cannot be guaranteed and a verdict based on law and conscience is difficult to expect, I feel deep skepticism whether it would be meaningful to continue a legal battle through an appeal."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
"I was sorry for the frustration and hardship brought upon the people by my martial law decree."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
"The court found me guilty of subverting constitutional order by deploying troops to storm parliament."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
"Forces that seek to smear a decision made to save the nation as an 'insurrection' will only grow more rampant."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
Key People
Leader of the conservative People Power Party.
Member of the investigation team commenting on the court's findings.
Kim Yong Hyun is the former Defense Minister of South Korea involved in the case against Yoon Suk Yeol.
Lee Jae Myung is the President of South Korea.
One of Yoon’s lawyers.
Yoon is a former President of South Korea.
Former President of South Korea who was found guilty of leading an insurrection.
Former President of South Korea.
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment with labor for his failed martial law declaration in December 2024, marking him as the first elected head of state in South Korea’s democratic era to receive such a sentence.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol remains defiant after being sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection, with his legal team planning to appeal the verdict.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apologized for the 'frustration and hardship' caused by his 2024 martial law decree, a day after being sentenced to life in prison for insurrection.
South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol has been found guilty of masterminding an insurrection and sentenced to life in prison over his imposition of short-lived martial law in 2024.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol responded defiantly to a life sentence for rebellion, asserting that his brief declaration of martial law in December 2024 was meant to protect the nation.
Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was found guilty of leading an insurrection and sentenced to life in prison for his brief imposition of martial law in 2024, marking a dramatic culmination of the country’s biggest political crisis in decades.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol apologized for his short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024, a day after a Seoul court sentenced him to life in prison for masterminding an insurrection.
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