South Korea’s Yoon awaits verdict as insurrection rulings mount: ‘the game is over’

SCMP · 2026-02-18
South Korea’s Yoon awaits verdict as insurrection rulings mount: ‘the game is over’

Two recent convictions tied to Yoon Suk-yeol’s short-lived 2024 martial law decree have effectively sealed his fate, some legal observers say, as judges prepare to rule on the insurrection charge against the former South Korean president. On Thursday, a three-judge panel at the Seoul Central Distric