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2026-02-19 14:16:02
[First-Instance Verdict Begins for Yoon Suk-youl on Charges of Insurgency] This afternoon (February 19), the Seoul Central District Court in South Korea officially began the first-instance verdict hearing in the case of former President Yoon Suk-youl, who is accused of instigating an insurgency. The special prosecutor's team investigating the martial law incident requested the death penalty for Yoon Suk-youl on charges of leading an insurgency. Under South Korean law, leaders of insurgency can be sentenced to death or life imprisonment. The prosecution stated that although South Korea is internationally considered a country that has "effectively abolished the death penalty," it can still be used in sentencing and sentencing. (CCTV International News)
