South Korean Prosecutors Seek Death Penalty for Ex-President in Insurrection Case

South Korea’s prosecutors are seeking the harshest penalty—death—for the nation’s disgraced former President Yoon Suk-yeol over his short-lived martial law declaration in late 2024, after which he was arrested and impeached.

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The special prosecutor’s team made the request during the final hearing of Yoon’s trial, which began Tuesday morning at the Seoul Central District Court but stretched on after midnight into Wednesday. 

In their statement reported by Korean media...