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(2nd LD) Ex-first lady sentenced to 7 years in prison for taking gifts for job appointments SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former first lady K...

(LEAD) Ex-defense minister sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for leaking military secrets SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former Defense Mini...

South Korea’s top court sentences former country’s president to seven years in prison It is the first verdict of the Supreme Court against Yoon Suk-yeol, who is facing a total of eight trials related to the imposition of martial law

South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence ‌handed down to former president Yoon Suk-yeol for obstructing authorities' attempts ‌to arrest him over his short-lived imposition of martial law in 2024. The ruling came after the Seoul High Court in April increased his prison sentence to seven years from five after finding Yoon guilty ‌of additional charges. There ‌was ⁠no misunderstanding of any legal interpretations in the ​previous court's ruling, the Supreme Court said on Thursday. The Supreme Court upheld the appeals court's finding that Yoon was also guilty of fabricating documents and failing to follow the legal process required to impose martial law, ⁠which has to be discussed at ‌a ​formal cabinet meeting, as well as spreading false information to foreign media ​outlets. After the ‌ruling, Yoon's lawyers said they would seek a ruling from the ​Constitutional Court following Thursday's decision. "We will challenge the constitutionality of this ruling through constitutional review procedures, including a constitutional complaint," a ​lawyer ​for Yoon said. Prosecutors, who ​had sought a 10-year prison term ‌in the case, accused Yoon of abusing his p…

South Korea's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first

South Korea ex-justice minister sentenced to 25 years | AP News Former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae arrives for his trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 22, 2026. (Kim Ju-hyung/Yonhap via AP) SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A former South Korean justice minister was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after a court found him guilty of helping ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol carry out his brief declaration of martial law in 2024. The Seoul Central District Court said it was clear Park Sung-jae played a key role in Yoon’s attempted power grab following the declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, including ordering ministry officials to assess detention capacities at correctional facilities to prepare for arrests of politicians. Park also instructed officials to consider sending prosecutors to Yoon’s martial law command to support possible investigations into the former conservative leader’s political opponents and his unsubstantiated claims about liberal-ledelection fraud.Park also ordered immigration authorities to be prepared to impose travel bans, the court said. Yoon’s martial law, which followed a yearslong standoff…

[2/5] security department to prevent South Korean law enforcement agencies from arresting him after the emergency martial law incident. Yin Seok-yue was sentenced to 7 years in prison. This is the first third-instance judgment made by the South Korean Supreme Court in a judicial case

South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law disaster ... South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law disaster: Media Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments South Korea ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s December 2024 martial law declaration lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session. PHOTO: REUTERS Published Jun 22, 2026, 02:52 PM Updated Jun 22, 2026, 03:02 PM Listen SEOUL – A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on June 22 to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief and disastrous declaration of martial law in 2024. Park Sung-jae was found guilty of involvement in “insurrection”, the Yonhap news agency reported from the Seoul Central District Court. Yoon’s December 2024 martial law declaration lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session. He has since been convicted of leading an insurrection, and is in detention while appealing a life sentence. Yoon was also given a 30-year jail term earlier in June for sending drones to North Korea to “manufa…

Appeals court sentences ex-first lady Kim Keon-hee to 4 years on ... An appeals court on Tuesday sentenced former Korean first lady Kim Keon-hee to four years in prison on corruption charges. The Seoul High Court found Kim guilty of involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme and other charges, sentencing her to four years in prison, a fine of 50 million won, and ordering the forfeiture of around 20 million won. Kim, the wife of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, had been indicted on charges of participating in a scheme to manipulate the stock price of Deutsch Motors between 2010 and 2012, conspiring with a shaman between April and July 2022 to receive money and valuables from the Unification Church in exchange for favors involving the religious organization, and receiving free opinion polling services from Myung Tae-kyun between June 2021 and March 2022 while interfering in candidate nominations for the People Power Party. Both Kim and the special counsel team that had indicted her had appealed the lower court’s sentence of 20 months. Oh Yeon-seo, staff reporter Please direct questions or comments to [english@hani.co.kr]

3 ex-PSS officials get prison terms for obstructing Yoon arrest warrant SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- Park Jong-joon, former chief of the Presidential Secur...

South Korea’s ex-justice minister jailed for 25 years over martial law bid A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol’s brief and disastrous declaration of martial law in 2024. Park Sung-jae was found guilty of involvement in “insurrection”, the Yonhap news agency reported from the Seoul Central District Court. Yoon’s December 2024 martial law declaration lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session. He has since...

South Korea's ex-defence minister gets 3 years for leaking military ... South Korea’s ex-defence minister gets 3 years for leaking military secrets tied to martial law bid Sign up now: Get insights on Asia's fast-moving developments The court also added that Kim Yong-hyun’s actions became one of the “driving forces” behind Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration. PHOTO: REUTERS Published Jun 19, 2026, 03:52 PM Updated Jun 19, 2026, 05:19 PM Listen SEOUL – Former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun was sentenced to three years in prison on June 19 for leaking a list of military intelligence personnel, in a case tied to former president Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law bid in 2024 . The Seoul Central District Court found Kim guilty of leaking personal information to former Defence Intelligence Command chief Noh Sang-won – who had been dishonourably discharged six years earlier – after conspiring with then Defence Intelligence Commander Moon Sang-ho and others between October and November 2024. “As defence minister, the defendant was in a position responsible for protecting military secrets and the personal information of service members, and was more aware than anyone of the need to s…

(2nd LD) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year pris...

Ex-Justice Minister gets 25 years in prison for playing key role in ... Covering Korean lawand education Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday in connection with former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed martial law attempt in 2024. The Seoul Central District Court found Park guilty of ordering Justice Ministry officials to review plans to dispatch prosecutors to a joint investigation headquarters and inspect correctional facilities after Yoon declared martial law. Park was also found guilty of drafting a document justifying Yoon’s martial law declaration after the National Assembly voted to lift it. However, the court dismissed a separate charge that Park improperly responded to inquiries from former first lady Kim Keon Hee after an investigation in May 2025 into her alleged receipt of a luxury handbag. The special counsel had accused Park of receiving questions from Kim about the investigation and instructing ministry officials to check related matters, but the court ruled that the allegation fell outside the scope of the special counsel’s mandate. The court also dismissed charges against former Government Legislation Minister Le…

South Korea ex-minister gets 25 years for role in martial law disaster ... SEOUL: A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief and disastrous declaration of martial law in 2024.Park Sung-jae was found guilty of involvement in “insurrection,” the Yonhap news agency reported from the Seoul Central District Court.Yoon’s December 2024 martial law declaration lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session.He has since been convicted of leading an insurrection, and is in detention while appealing a life sentence.Yoon was also given a 30-year jail term earlier this month for sending drones to North Korea to “manufacture a national crisis” to justify his martial law.Park had held a meeting of justice ministry officials in the early hours of the martial law and checked on prison capacity should the authorities arrest anti-government figures, prosecutors said.As justice minister, he “instructed cooperation with the martial law command... on the assumption that a decree would be effective,” Yonhap quoted from the verdict.Prosecutors…

Ex-Justice Minister Park Sung-jae Sentenced to 25 Years Over Martial ... News Desk Last Updated: 22 June 2026, 12:13 PM IST Share A South Korean court has sentenced former justice minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law declaration, deepening the legal fallout from one of the country's biggest political crises in recent history. Former South Korean Justice Minister Park Sung-jae.| Photo: AFP Seoul: A court in Seoul on Monday sentenced former South Korean justice minister Park Sung-jae to 25 years in prison for his involvement in former president Yoon Suk Yeol's controversial martial law declaration in December 2024. According to reports from Yonhap News Agency, the Seoul Central District Court found Park guilty of participating in an insurrection linked to the short-lived attempt to impose martial law. The ruling marks another major conviction stemming from the political crisis triggered by Yoon's late-night declaration of martial law in December 2024. The measure lasted only around six hours before lawmakers rushed to the National Assembly and voted to overturn it during an emergency session. Prosecutors argued …

(3rd LD) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year pris...

Ex-justice minister given 25-year prison sentence for martial law role Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae appears for his trial on charges of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid and granting undue favors to Yoon's wife, Kim Keon Hee, at the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul, Monday. Yonhap Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison Monday on charges of playing a key role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's martial law bid. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence after special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team indicted Park on charges that included playing a key role in an insurrection and abusing his power in the wake of Yoon's December 2024 martial law declaration.

Ex-defense minister sentenced to 3-year prison term for obstruction of ... Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun speaks during the impeachment trial of former President Yoon Suk Yeol at the Seoul Central District Court, Jan. 23, 2025 Courtesy of Constitutional Court Former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun was sentenced to a three-year prison term Tuesday for deceiving the Presidential Security Service into issuing a secure phone for use following former President Yoon Suk Yeol's imposition of martial law. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence after convicting Kim of obstruction of official duties by deception for obtaining the phone on Dec. 2, 2024, a day before Yoon's martial law declaration, and handing it to Noh Sang-won, a civilian and a former commander of the Defense Intelligence Command. Noh then used the phone as chief of an investigation team set up to look into election fraud allegations under Yoon's martial law, the court said. Kim was also found guilty of instigating the destruction of evidence by ordering his aide to get rid of all martial law-related documents on Dec. 5, 2024, a day after the decree was lifted through a vote by the National Asse…

Former S. Korean minister gets 25-year prison term for role in martial ... A former South Korean justice minister has been sentenced to 25 years in prison SEOUL, South Korea --A former South Korean justice minister was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after a court found him guilty of helping ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol carry out his brief declaration of martial law in 2024. The Seoul Central District Court said it was clear Park Sung-jae played a key role in Yoon’s attempted power grab following the declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, including ordering ministry officials to assess detention capacities at correctional facilities to prepare for arrests of politicians. Park also instructed officials to consider sending prosecutors to Yoon’s martial law command to support possible investigations into the former conservative leader’s political opponents and his unsubstantiated claims about liberal-ledelection fraud.Park also ordered immigration authorities to be prepared to impose travel bans, the court said. Yoon’s martial law, which followed a yearslong standoff with liberals controlling the legislature, lasted only aboutsix hoursbefore lawmakers broke throu…

South Korea's top court upholds ex-president Yoon's 7-year sentence The court dismissed Yoon's appeals, saying there ​was no misunderstanding of any legal interpretations in the rulings.

Supreme Court upholds prison terms for shaman, ex-Unification Church official SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday confirmed prison sentenc...

Ex-presidential secretary sentenced to 1 1/2 yrs in prison for drafting false martial law document SEOUL, May 28 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Thursday sentenced a former president...

Former chief of KTV gets suspended prison term for pro-martial law broadcast censorship SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- A court on Friday sentenced the former director of pu...

Ex-defense minister sentenced to 3 yrs in prison for leaking military secrets SEOUL, June 19 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former Defense Mini...

(LEAD) Ex-first lady sentenced to 7 years in prison for taking gifts for job appointments SEOUL, June 26 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former first lady K...

(LEAD) Supreme Court upholds 7-yr prison term for ex-President Yoon for obstruction of justice SEOUL, July 9 (Yonhap) -- The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year pris...

South Korea's top court upholds 7-year sentence for ex-president Yoon South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison sentence handed down to former president Yoon Suk Yeol o charges of obstruction and other crimes tied to his botched 2024 martial law declaration. The disgraced former president has insisted his martial law declaration was motivated by the public interest.

Ex-justice minister given 25-yr prison sentence for martial law role SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced t...

Ex-justice minister appeals 25-yr prison sentence in martial law trial SEOUL, June 27 (Yonhap) -- Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae has appealed ag...

(LEAD) Ex-justice minister given 25-yr prison sentence for martial law role SEOUL, June 22 (Yonhap) -- Former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced t...

South Korea's high-profile former first lady jailed for 20 months for ... A South Korean court has sentenced former first lady Kim Keon Hee to 20 months in prison after finding her guilty of accepting bribes in return for political favours. The case marks a historic moment in the country as both members of a former presidential couple are now in jail . The Seoul Central District Court on Wednesday found Kim, 52, guilty of accepting bribes linked to the controversial Unification Church, and ordered her to serve a jail term, return a diamond necklace, and repay 12.85 million won (£6,500) in cash. She was, however, acquitted of separate allegations involving stock price manipulation and receiving illicit opinion polls ahead of the 2022 presidential election. Prosecutors will appeal against the two not-guilty verdicts, media reports said. open image in gallery People walk past a TV broadcasting a news report on the sentencing trial of South Korean former first lady Kim Keon Hee in Seoul, South Korea, 28 January 2026 ( REUTERS ) The high-profile former first lady was taken into custody in August over multiple allegations, including bribery, market manipulation and political meddling, w…

[2/5] security department to prevent South Korean law enforcement agencies from arresting him after the emergency martial law incident. Yin Seok-yue was sentenced to 7 years in prison. This is the first third-instance judgment made by the South Korean Supreme Court in a judicial case