South Korea appeals court gives seven-year jail term to former President Yoon in arrest obstruction case
A South Korean appeals court has increased the jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years for charges related to his 2024 martial law declaration. The court found him guilty of multiple offenses, including obstructing an arrest and fabricating official documents. Yoon plans to appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court, maintaining his innocence and claiming the trial misinterpreted the facts.
- ▪The appeals court increased Yoon's sentence from five years to seven years.
- ▪Yoon was found guilty of mobilizing the presidential security service to obstruct an arrest.
- ▪He has been in jail since July and faces multiple trials since his removal from office.
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A South Korean appeals court on Wednesday (April 29, 2026) increased the jail term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges linked to his short-lived 2024 martial law declaration to seven years following appeals by Yoon and the prosecution.A lower court sentenced Yoon to five years in prison in January after clearing him of some of the charges, but the appeals court found Yoon guilty of more charges, including mobilising the presidential security service to prevent authorities from arresting him.“In trying to stop authorities from executing an arrest warrant by use of force, Yoon committed acts that are unacceptable in a society of law and order,” the Seoul High Court judge said.
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