Death penalty sought for South Korea’s ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol

SEOUL: South Korea’s special prosecutor has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of masterminding an insurrection over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024. South Korea last handed down a death sentence in 2016, but has not executed anyone since 1997. In closing arguments at the Seoul […]