Overview
- A Seoul court found Yoon Suk-yeol guilty of leading an insurrection and abusing authority, imposing a life sentence after prosecutors had sought the death penalty.
- On December 3, 2024, Yoon declared martial law and deployed security forces around the National Assembly; lawmakers broke through and unanimously revoked the decree in about six hours.
- Parliament suspended Yoon days after the decree and formally removed him from office in 2025 ahead of the criminal trial.
- Former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun was convicted in the same case and sentenced to 30 years for assisting the plan.
- Yoon has argued his move targeted what he called opposition obstruction led by the Democratic Party.