Former South Korean President Jailed in Martial-Law Case
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Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison for fabricating an official document to justify a martial-law declaration and for obstructing a police attempt to detain him on insurrection charges; the ruling marks the first of eight trials stemming from his martial-law episode, with a separate insurrection verdict due on Feb. 19 and prosecutors seeking the death penalty for that count.
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- South Korea's ex-president Yoon given 5-year jail term in first ruling over martial law Reuters
- South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to 5 years in prison for obstruction CNBC
- South Korea court sentences ex-president to 5 years in martial law case Al Jazeera
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