Overview
- In Seoul, a court found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty of leading an anti-state uprising and sentenced him to life imprisonment after rejecting prosecutors’ request for the death penalty.
- Senior figures were also jailed—former defense minister Kim Yeong-hun for 30 years, retired general No San-won for 18 years, and ex-police chief Cho Ji-ho for 12 years—with defense lawyers pledging appeals.
- British police briefly detained Prince Andrew during searches of his Norfolk and Sandringham properties and continue to investigate alleged sharing of restricted material during his time as trade envoy.
- Government sources say ministers are drafting legislation to remove Andrew from the line of succession once the investigation concludes, a move that would also require assent from 14 Commonwealth realms.
- Divers recovered seven Chinese tourists and a Russian driver after a microbus fell through Lake Baikal ice with one Chinese survivor reported, while Mongolia imposed travel limits during blizzards and Ulaanbaatar set 2026 land clearances covering 4,729 hectares across 20,218 plots.