Overview
- Seoul Western District Court, which ruled Thursday, imposed one year in prison and a 1 million won fine and chose not to take him into custody.
- He crashed into the central divider near Dongjak Bridge on April 27, 2025 after trying to overtake while driving 182 km/h on an 80 km/h road.
- His blood alcohol level was 0.122 percent, well above South Korea’s 0.08 percent threshold for license revocation.
- The court stressed that the offense occurred during a two-year suspended sentence from a 2024 drug case and followed a 2023 drunk-driving fine.
- Prosecutors had asked on March 12 for a year and six months in prison plus a fine, making the court’s term shorter even as it underscored repeat risky driving.