South Korea's Supreme Court has upheld former President Yoon Suk Yeol's seven-year prison sentence in a case linked to his 2024 attempt to impose martial law.
South Korea's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the seven-year prison sentence of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, confirming a lower court ruling in a case linked to his short-lived attempt to impose martial law in 2024.
The Seoul High Court increased Yoon's sentence from five years to seven in April after finding him guilty of additional offences. The Supreme Court said there had been no misinterpretation of the law in the lower court's ruling.
The top court also upheld findings that Yoon fabricated documents, failed to follow the legal process required to declare martial law, including holding a formal Cabinet meeting, and spread false information to foreign media outlets.
Yoon's lawyers said after the decision that they would seek a review by the Constitutional Court, including filing a constitutional complaint. Prosecutors, who had sought a 10-year prison sentence, accused him of abusing his power and causing harm to the public.
Yoon, 65, was also sentenced to life imprisonment in February after being convicted of masterminding an insurrection linked to the martial law declaration. He has been in prison since July 2025 and faces seven other trials.
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