▲ People watch a live broadcast of former President Yoon Suk Yeol's appeals trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed 2024 martial law bid on a TV at Seoul Station in central Seoul on April 29, 2026. (Yonhap)

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(LEAD) Appeals court increases ex-President Yoon's sentence to 7 yrs in obstruction of justice case

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SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) -- An appeals court on Wednesday increased the sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol from five years to seven years in prison on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his failed martial law bid.

The Seoul High Court handed down the heavier punishment in a live-televised ruling, finding the ousted former president guilty of obstructing investigators from detaining him last year over his short-lived imposition of martial law in late 2024.

Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team had sought a 10-year prison term for Yoon.

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