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Prosecutors Seek 10-Year Term for Yoon in Obstruction Appeal

The request underscores a fast-track process that could deliver a ruling by June.

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A rally takes place near the Constitutional Court in central Seoul on April 4, 2026, a year after the court granted the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration. (Yonhap)
A rally takes place near the Constitutional Court in central Seoul on April 4, 2026, a year after the court granted the ouster of former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his martial law declaration. (Yonhap)
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Overview

  • Prosecutors, at a final appeals hearing Monday in the Seoul High Court, asked for a 10-year prison term for Yoon Suk Yeol, doubling the five-year sentence set in January.
  • The lower court found that Yoon told the Presidential Security Service to block his arrest, convened only select Cabinet members to review martial law, and created then discarded a false proclamation, though it cleared him over alleged false press statements.
  • The court is expected to rule by late June under accelerated schedules for special-counsel cases, and Yoon’s lawyers have asked the Constitutional Court to strike down the law that set up the new Special Tribunal for Insurrection.
  • Yoon remains in jail and is already serving a life sentence from February in a separate insurrection case tied to his December 2024 martial law declaration.
  • In a related probe disclosed Monday, a separate special counsel team said it found circumstantial evidence that former first lady Kim Keon Hee accepted additional luxury items linked to the 2022 presidential residence relocation.