Protests Erupt in Seoul Following Verdict Against Former President Yoon Suk Yeol

Appeals loom after Yoon's life sentence for insurrection

After the Seoul Central District Court on Thursday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection, Yoon’s lawyers made it clear that his skepticism over an appeal does not mean he will forgo the process. "(Yoon) merely expressed his current thoughts and did not show an intention to decline an appeal,” his lawyers promptly told reporters. Appeals are widely expected from both Yoon and the special counsel, which had sought the death penalty for the former

By The Korea Herald