South Korea's impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend the fifth hearing of his impeachment trial over his short-lived imposition of martial law at the Constitutional Court in Seoul on 4 February 2025. JUNG YEON-JE / POOL / AFP
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Appelate hikes ex-president’s sentence

Agence France-Presse

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — A South Korean appeals court increased the sentence of jailed former president Yoon Suk Yeol on Wednesday to seven years for obstructing justice, up from five years.

A lower court had handed Yoon the initial sentence in January after he was found to have used presidential security agents to block his own arrest.