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Security Tightened as Ex-President Yoon Faces 1st Verdict on Insurrection Charges
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Breaking news: The court sentenced Yoon in the first trial for the charge of rebellion with the intent to subvert the Constitution. The trial began at 3 p.m. and was broadcast live. Ji Gwi-yeon, presiding judge of the 25th Criminal Division of the Seoul Central District Court, said on the 19th that former President Yoon Seok-yeol sent troops to the National Assembly during the December 3 martial law.
Security tightened as ex-President Yoon faces 1st verdict on insurrection charges
Police bolstered security near a Seoul court Thursday as supporters of former ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol gathered as they await the first verdict on his insurrection trial over his failed 2024 attempt to impose martial law. A convoy of vehicles carrying Yoon arrived at the Seoul Central District Court as of around 12:50 p.m., before the court is set to hand down its ruling for the trial at 3 p.m. Special prosecutors recommended the death pen…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Choi Won-jeong = On the morning of the 19th, the first trial sentencing date for former President Yoon Seok-yeol, who is accused of being the leader of a rebellion, the Seoul Central District Court complex in Seocho-dong, Seocho-gu...
The Democratic Party (DP) in power in South Korea has asked for the maximum sentence for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is waiting for a sense of insurgency that could lead to his death sentence, because of his failed attempt to...
[Kyodo News, Seoul] In sentencing former President Yoon Seok-yeol, the Seoul Central District Court accused him of "taking the lead in planning" the acts of insurrection, but noted that he "appears to have tried to exercise maximum restraint" in the use of physical violence.
Yoon Suk Yeol faces death penalty in insurrection trial
Former Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will be sentenced at 3 p.m. today on insurrection charges following his brief imposition of martial law in December 2014. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty. Stay with us here for live updates.
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