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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Namita Singh and Shweta Sharma

Who is Yoon Suk Yeol? First South Korean president to be jailed for life

Yoon Suk Yeol has become the first president of South Korea to be arrested and sentenced to prison after he was charged with insurrection for declaring martial law in 2024 and throwing the country into political turmoil.

Though the prosecutors had demanded the death penalty for the former leader after being found guilty of declaring martial law in a subversion of the constitutional order, the Seoul Central District Court handed down a life sentence on Thursday.

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