Ex-minister in S Korea jailed for martial law fiasco role
A Seoul court sentenced a former defense minister on June 19 to three years in prison on charges related to ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol’s brief but catastrophic declaration of martial law in 2024, an official said.
Ex-minister Kim Yong-hyun was charged with revealing classified military information to a civilian for the purposes of creating a special team to investigate unverified election fraud claims by Yoon.
The ex-president cited electoral wrongdoing as one reason for his December 2024 martial law declaration, which lasted only about six hours as lawmakers raced to the assembly building and voted it down in an emergency session.
Yoon has since been convicted of leading an insurrection and is in detention while appealing a life sentence.
