00:00A South Korean court orders life in jail for former President Yoon Suk-yeol after he was
00:05found guilty of abuse of authority and orchestrating an insurrection linked to
00:09his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law. Prosecutors earlier sought the death penalty for
00:15Yoon. Masterminding an insurrection carries a maximum sentence of the death penalty or
00:20life imprisonment under South Korean law. South Korea last handed down a death sentence in 2016
00:26but has not executed anyone since 1997. The verdict, released February 19, marks the most
00:33significant outcome for the ousted leader. Yoon faces eight trial proceedings and was given a
00:38five-year jail sentence in January in a separate trial on charges including obstructing attempts
00:43by authorities to arrest him following his martial law declaration. He has appealed that ruling.
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