Yoon Suk Yeol's sentence rises to 7 years in prison on appeal

“Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Seoul High Court on Wednesday, as the appeals court increased his punishment in a case tied to his failed 2024 martial law decree. The ruling, two years longer than the lower court’s five-year sentence, marked the first appellate decision from a special court division handling insurrection-related cases. The special counsel had sought a combined 10-year prison term for Yoon on charges including obstruction of the execut

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