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Ex-President Yoon Gets Suspended 1.5-Year Sentence, Party Owes $27 M

7/27/2026

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Yoon Sentenced

On July 27, 2026, former President Yoon Suk-yeol received a suspended one-year-and-six-months prison sentence for violating the Public Official Election Act.
The court said his false 2022 campaign statements—denying introductions to attorney Lee Nam-seok and meeting shaman Jeon Seong-bae—could nullify his election if upheld.
The People Power Party may have to repay about 39.7 billion won ($27 million), roughly one-third of its 2024 assets, to the National Election Commission.

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Yoon Ousted

President Yoon Suk-yeol was removed in April 2025 after a brief Dec. 3, 2024 martial-law decree that triggered the biggest political crisis.
He received a life sentence in February 2025 for rebellion tied to the martial-law episode.
Supreme Court upheld a seven-year term for bypassing Cabinet deliberation and resisting arrest.
The Dec. 3, 2024 martial-law lasted only hours before lawmakers broke an armed soldiers and police blockade at the National Assembly and repealed it.

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Yoon Sentenced

On July 27, 2026, former President Yoon Suk-yeol received a suspended one-year-and-six-months prison sentence for violating the Public Official Election Act.
The court said his false 2022 campaign statements—denying introductions to attorney Lee Nam-seok and meeting shaman Jeon Seong-bae—could nullify his election if upheld.
The People Power Party may have to repay about 39.7 billion won ($27 million), roughly one-third of its 2024 assets, to the National Election Commission.

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