Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to five years in prison Friday on charges that included the obstruction of investigators' attempt to detain him last year.

South Korea's court sentences ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years for obstructing arrest and other charges.

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former president Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison following his failed bid to impose martial law.