Source: Al Jazeera [Qatari state media]
“A South Korean court has sentenced former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo to 23 years in prison after finding him guilty on insurrection charges related to disgraced ex-President Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived declaration of martial law. Han was found guilty on Wednesday of abetting Yoon’s brief imposition of martial law and for failing to hold a lawful cabinet meeting, as required by South Korean law, after the decree to mobilise the military was ordered by the then-president in December 2024. … The former prime minister denied the charges against him, saying he had no prior knowledge of Yoon’s plan to impose military rule.” (01/21/26)