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Top South Korea court to decide ex-president’s martial law case
The disgraced former president is already in detention while he appeals a separate life sentence for leading an insurrection with his martial law declaration.
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Borneo Bulletin
· Jul 9, 2026
Top South Korea court to decide ex-president’s martial law case
Top South Korea court to decide ex-president’s martial law case
Utusan Malaysia
· Jun 22, 2026
Bekas menteri kehakiman Korea Selatan dipenjara 25 tahun
SEOUL: Mahkamah menjatuhkan hukuman penjara 25 tahun terhadap bekas Menteri Kehakiman Korea Selatan, Park Sung-jae atas peranannya dalam pelaksanaan singkat undang-undang tentera di negara itu dua tahun lalu. Sung-jae didapati bersalah kerana terlibat dalam pemberontakan, lapor agensi berita Yonhap dari Mahkamah Daerah Pusat Seoul. Pengisytiharan undang-undang tentera tersebut oleh bekas presiden, Yoon Suk-yeol pada Disember ... Read more The post Bekas menteri kehakiman Korea Selatan dipenjara 25 tahun appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.
Vanguard News
· Jul 9, 2026
Top court upholds South Korean ex-president Yoon’s 7-year jail sentence
South Korea's highest court upheld ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol's seven-year prison sentence on Thursday over crimes tied to his botched 2024 martial law declaration and its chaotic aftermath. The post Top court upholds South Korean ex-president Yoon’s 7-year jail sentence appeared first on Vanguard News.
Anadolu Agency
· Jul 9, 2026
S.Korea's top court upholds prison term for ousted President Yoon over blocking arrest
This marks 1st decision by Supreme Court against Yoon, who in December 2024 made an unsuccessful bid to impose martial law
The korea Herald News
· Jul 8, 2026
Supreme Court set to rule on ex-President Yoon's obstruction of justice charges
The Supreme Court was set to deliver its verdict Thursday on charges that former President Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice by blocking investigators from detaining him in the wake of his failed martial law bid in 2024. The sentencing hearing is scheduled to be held at 2 p.m. in what will be the top court's first ruling for Yoon. The ousted former president has been standing a total of eight trials in connection with his surprise declaration of martial law on Dec. 3, 2024. Yoon does not plan to
Yonhap News Agency
· Jul 12, 2026
Court to rule on ex-President Yoon in 'free opinion poll' case
SEOUL, July 13 (Yonhap) -- A Seoul district court was set to deliver its verdict...
South China Morning Post
· Jun 22, 2026
South Korea’s ex-justice minister jailed for 25 years over martial law bid
A court sentenced a former South Korean justice minister on Monday to 25 years in prison for his role in ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol’s brief and disastrous declaration of martial law in 2024. Park Sung-jae was found guilty of involvement in “insurrection”, the Yonhap news agency reported from the Seoul Central District Court. Yoon’s December 2024 martial law declaration lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session. He has since...
TASS
· Jul 9, 2026
South Korea’s top court sentences former country’s president to seven years in prison
It is the first verdict of the Supreme Court against Yoon Suk-yeol, who is facing a total of eight trials related to the imposition of martial law
UPI
· Jul 10, 2026
South Korea names new court administration chief
South Korea names new court administration chief
China Global Television Network
· Jul 9, 2026
Top court sentences South Korea ex-president Yoon to 7 years in jail
Top court sentences South Korea ex-president Yoon to 7 years in jail
NK News
· Jun 24, 2026
North Korean soldier taken into custody from inter-Korean border
This is a breaking news story and will be updated. A North Korean soldier was taken into custody by South Korean forces from the central area of the heavily fortified inter-Korean border Tuesday evening, the South’s military said the next day. The lone soldier is currently under investigation, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff told []
Focus Taiwan
· Jul 1, 2026
High Court revises child sexual abuse ruling, confirms 544 offenses
Taipei, July 1 (CNA) The Taiwan High Court on Wednesday revised an earlier ruling in a major child sexual abuse case involving Mao Chun-shen (毛畯珅), the son of a former Taipei preschool operator, confirming 35 victims and 544 offenses, with a cumulative sentencing calculation of 2,878 years and four months.
ABC News
· Jul 9, 2026
S. Korea's Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case
South Korea’s Supreme Court has upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first case to reach the country’s highest court from the several criminal trials related to his brief imposition of martial law in 2024
Korea Times News
· Jun 22, 2026
Ex-defense minister booked over alleged attempt to provoke N. Korea for martial law bid
Ex-defense minister booked over alleged attempt to provoke N. Korea for martial law bid
Malay Mail
· Jun 29, 2026
Ex‑Temerloh police chief ordered to enter defence on 46 bribery charges totalling RM69,600
KUANTAN, June 29 — The Sessions Court here today ordered former Temerloh district police chief Mohd Azhar Mohd Yus...
DNyuz
· Jul 10, 2026
South Korea’s Supreme Court upholds prison sentence for Yoon in first martial law case
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a seven-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in the first case to reach the country’s highest court from his several criminal trials related to his brief imposition of martial law in 2024. The court upheld an April ruling by the Seoul High Court []
Daily Post Nigeria
· Jul 9, 2026
Miyetti Allah president remanded over alleged money laundering, terrorism financing
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of the National President of Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore, Bello Bodejo, in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC over an alleged 2.63 million money laundering case. Justice Inyang Ekwo issued the order after Bodejo was arraigned by the anti-graft agency on multiple [] Miyetti Allah president remanded over alleged money laundering, terrorism financing
Daily NK English
· Jul 9, 2026
North Korea revises criminal procedure law, mandates defense counsel
North Korea revised its criminal procedure law in 2022 and again in 2025. The changes shortened detention and investigation periods. They also required defense lawyers in serious criminal cases for the first time. Daily NK obtained copies of the amended law. An analysis of the two revisions shows North Korea has strengthened some procedural protections []
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