Ex-South Korean president defiant following life sentence for rebellion

Yoon Suk Yeol was handed a life sentence (AP)

Ousted South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has remained defiant in his first reaction to a life sentence for rebellion handed down by a Seoul court the previous day.

In a statement released by his lawyers, Yoon maintained that his abrupt and short-lived declaration of martial law in December 2024 was done “solely for the sake of the nation and our people”, and dismissed the Seoul Central District Court as biased against him.