Entries tagged with “Yoon Suk Yeol”

Jan 20, 2026

Former South Korean President Faces Possible Death Sentence as a Result of Insurrection Charges

If con­vict­ed, for­mer South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol faces a pos­si­ble death sen­tence, life impris­on­ment with labor, or life impris­on­ment with­out labor for his failed attempt to impose mar­tial law in December 2024. On January 13, 2026, spe­cial pros­e­cu­tor Cho Eun-suk’s team rec­om­mend­ed a death sen­tence for Mr. Yoon in the first insur­rec­tion tri­al of a South Korean head of state in three decades. Although the nation retains the death penal­ty, South Korea has not…