South Korea's Yoon becomes first sitting president to stand trial in criminal case

South Korea's Yoon becomes first sitting president to stand trial in criminal case

[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 02/19/2025

Impeached South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol went on trial on Thursday. The former prosecutor has been behind bars since January on charges of insurrection, for which he could be sentenced to life in prison or face the death penalty.



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