This Is What Should Happen To An Insurrectionist: Former President of South Korea Sentenced to Life in Prison and Hard Labor

South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to life in prison and hard labor for leading an insurrection and failed attempt to declare martial law.

The contrast is stark. Some countries take a dim look at insurrection, while here in the U.S. we apparently champion it when it comes from certain quarters.

South Korea’s former president, Yoon Suk Yeol, was sentenced to life in prison and hard labor for leading an insurrection and a failed attempt to declare martial law.

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“South Korea’s former president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to life imprisonment with hard labor, after a court in Seoul found him guilty of leading an insurrection during a failed attempt to declare martial law in December 2024. In a verdict broadcast on live TV, a judge found Yoon unlawfully tried to send troops into South Korea’s national assembly to arrest key figures, including the assembly speaker and party leaders. Yoon had faced a possible death sentence,” Democracy Now reported Thursday morning.

He was impeached and convicted of insurrection for a short-lived martial law attempt.

Unlike the U.S., other countries routinely act to take action against presidents and former presidents.