Posted on 01/13/2026 5:55:28 PM PST by Nextrush
SEOUL, Jan 14 (Yonhap)-A special counsel team has requested the death penalty for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over his failed imposition of martial law, describing him as the ringleader of an insurrection who sought to stay in power by seizing control of the judiciary and legislature.
Special Counsel Cho Eun-suk's team made the request during the final hearing of Yoon's trial at the Seoul Central District Court on Tuesday, just over a year after the then president declared martial law on Dec. 3, 2024, with the stated aim of eradicating anti-state forces.
The court plans to hand down its ruling on Yoon's case Feb. 19...
(Excerpt) Read more at en.yna.co.kr ...
President Trump has expressed his irritation over the prosecution of Yoon this seems to raise the temp.
The Leftists in South Korea who now rule seem to have gone North Korean with this death penalty for insurrection.'
The leftist prosecutors in South Korea are targeting the anti-Communist Unification Church next.
As posted before: Charlie Kirk’s final weekend on earth was spent in South Korea (and Japan) - he gave one of, if not his best speech ever in S. Korea.
He apparently called Marco Rubio about all the crazy, nasty developments happening in their new government.
*sigh*...
grammar: He gave one of his best speeches, if not his best speech ever, in Korea.
Technically, punctuation is not part of grammar.
Okay I tried...LoL my posts tend to be laden with typos far worse anyway.
This is nuts - and exactly what the American left wants to do to Trump, and to US.
I found this a very disturbing story felt it was worth posting to get things in the world a bit more into context.
South Korea’s business community into a deal with USA but the Leftist government of President Lee Jae Myung less enthusiastic.
This move by the prosecutors should anger President Trump.
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