Independent counsel seeks death sentence for ex-South Korean leader Yoon over martial law imposition

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Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives astatine  a tribunal  to be  a proceeding  to reappraisal  his apprehension  warrant requested by peculiar   prosecutors successful  Seoul, South Korea. File

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives astatine a tribunal to be a proceeding to reappraisal his apprehension warrant requested by peculiar prosecutors successful Seoul, South Korea. File | Photo Credit: Reuters

A tribunal successful South Korea confirmed that an autarkic counsel has demanded a decease condemnation for erstwhile President Yoon Suk Yeol connected rebellion charges successful transportation with his martial instrumentality imposition successful December 2024.

Yonhap News Agency reports that autarkic counsel Cho Eun-suk's squad made the petition to Seoul Central District Court.

Removed from bureau past April, erstwhile President Yoon faces a bid of transgression trials implicit his martial instrumentality debacle and different scandals related to his clip successful office.

Charges that helium directed a rebellion are the astir important ones.

Published - January 13, 2026 06:36 p.m. IST

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