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| ▲ Former President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen on a TV screen showing his trial on obstruction of justice and other charges stemming from his 2024 declaration of martial law at Seoul Station in the capital on Jan. 16, 2026. (Yonhap) |
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Ex-President Yoon's appellate trial for obstruction of justice to begin next week
By Lee Haye-ah
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Former President Yoon Suk Yeol's appellate trial on obstruction of justice and other charges will begin next week, legal sources said Wednesday.
The first hearing has been scheduled for 2 p.m. next Wednesday at the Seoul High Court, with proceedings led by Criminal Division 1 -- one of two divisions recently designated to handle cases related to charges of insurrection, treason and rebellion.
Yoon was sentenced by a lower court last month to five years in prison on charges of obstructing investigators' attempt to detain him last year following his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.
He was also found guilty of violating the rights of Cabinet members who were not called to a meeting to review his martial law plan, and drafting and later destroying a revised proclamation after the decree was lifted.
The former president is standing a total of eight trials in connection with the martial law attempt, his wife's alleged corruption and the 2023 death of a Marine.
In one of them, he was sentenced to life imprisonment last week for leading an insurrection through his declaration of martial law.
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