{"id":98001,"date":"2026-01-21T15:35:47","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:35:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=98001"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:36:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T10:36:54","slug":"former-south-korean-prime-minister-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/former-south-korean-prime-minister-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"Former South Korean Prime Minister sentenced to 23 years in prison"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL: A<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/impeached-south-korean-president-yoon-ending-weeks-long-standoff\/\"> South Korean<\/a> court has sentenced former Prime Minister Han Deuk-soo to 23 years in prison for aiding and abetting martial law.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul District Court Judge Lee Jin-gwan described Han Deuk-soo\u2019s actions as sedition in his ruling, saying that he had neglected his duties as prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>The judge added that Han\u2019s actions amounted to undermining the constitutional order.<\/p>\n<p>Judge Lee explained that Han\u2019s boss, former President Yoon Suk-yeol, ordered martial law in December 2024 with the aim of \u201cdestroying the constitutional order,\u201d which amounted to sedition.<\/p>\n<p>It should be recalled that a few days ago, a South Korean court also sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to five years in prison for obstruction of justice and declaring martial law.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL: A South Korean court has sentenced former Prime Minister Han Deuk-soo to 23 years in prison for aiding and abetting martial law. Seoul District Court Judge Lee Jin-gwan described Han Deuk-soo\u2019s actions as sedition in his ruling, saying that he had neglected his duties as prime minister. The judge added that Han\u2019s actions amounted [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":98002,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[33802],"class_list":["post-98001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-south-korean-pm-sentenced-to-23-years-in-prison"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=98001"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98005,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98001\/revisions\/98005"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}