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Ex-South Korea leader apologises for martial law crisis
AFP, Published on 20/02/2026
» SEOUL - South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol apologised on Friday for the "hardship" caused by his 2024 martial law decree, a day after he was sentenced to life in prison for insurrection.
S. Korea court weighs death sentence for ex-president Yoon
AFP, Published on 19/02/2026
» SEOUL - A South Korean court will rule Thursday on insurrection charges against ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, weighing whether he should be sentenced to death for his failed bid to impose military rule.
Jail, disgrace and death: the dark fates of South Korean leaders
AFP, Published on 19/02/2026
» SEOUL — South Korea's ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol faces prison or even the death penalty when he appears in court Thursday on insurrection charges stemming from his 2024 bid to impose martial law.
Seoul probes civilians who flew drones into North Korea
Published on 18/02/2026
» SEOUL - South Korea’s Unification minister said on Wednesday that three civilians had sent drones into North Korea on four occasions since President Lee Jae Myung took office last year, harming inter-Korean ties.
South Korea police raid spy agency over drone flights into North
AFP, Published on 10/02/2026
» SEOUL - Investigators raided South Korea's spy agency on Tuesday as they probed possible government links to a drone shot down over North Korea earlier this year.
South Korea's ex-first lady jailed for 20 months for taking bribes
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SEOUL — A South Korean judge handed the country's former first lady Kim Keon Hee 20 months in jail for accepting lavish gifts from a cult-like church on Wednesday, but acquitted her for alleged stock manipulation and other charges.
US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim: N. Korean ex-diplomat
AFP, Published on 28/01/2026
» SEOUL - The dramatic US operation that overthrew Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro this month may have left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un feeling he was also vulnerable to "decapitation", a former Pyongyang envoy to Havana told AFP.
South Korea court sentences ex-PM to 23-year jail term
Reuters, Published on 21/01/2026
» SEOUL — A South Korean court on Wednesday sentenced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in jail for charges including engaging in a key action of insurrection concerning ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol's declaration of martial law in December 2024.
South Korea court sentences ex-president Yoon to 5 years in prison for obstruction
Reuters, Published on 16/01/2026
» SEOUL - A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison for charges including obstructing attempts to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law.
South Korea's ex-leader Yoon faces first court verdict over martial law chaos
AFP, Published on 16/01/2026
» SEOUL - A South Korean court will rule Friday on whether former president Yoon Suk Yeol obstructed justice during his disastrous martial law declaration and in its chaotic aftermath, the first in a series of verdicts for the disgraced ex-leader.