People watch a TV screen broadcasting a news report featuring the Republic of Korea's former president Yoon Suk-yeol at the Seoul Railway Station on Thursday. The broadcast reported that the ROK Supreme Court had upheld a seven-year prison sentence for Yoon on charges including obstructing arrest. AHN YOUNG-JOON/AP
The Republic of Korea's top court upheld on Thursday former president Yoon Suk-yeol's seven-year prison sentence for obstructing justice and abuse of power in a case related to his 2024 martial law declaration.
"All appeals are dismissed," the Supreme Court said while delivering the ruling in a live broadcast.
No legal errors were found in the lower court's judgment regarding charges of infringing upon Cabinet members' deliberation rights, falsifying and destroying martial law documents, disseminating false information to foreign media, and ordering the deletion of encrypted phone records, the top court said.
It marked the first ruling for Yoon by the Supreme Court after his brief declaration of martial law in December 2024.
