South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol just got 7 years for blocking his own arrest
Imagine trying to dodge the cops so hard you end up with a seven-year prison sentence just for the cover-up, while your actual trial for staging a literal military coup is still warming up in the background.
The South Korean Supreme Court just locked in a seven-year sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol. Why? Not even for his infamous, short-lived attempt at martial law. No, this specific prison term is purely for ordering his bodyguards to physically block investigators from arresting him back in early 2025.
The guy is currently facing eight different trials. He is already looking at a potential life sentence for insurrection, but this side-quest of obstruction, abuse of power, and falsifying documents just got finalized.
To make things peak absurd, Yoon was not even in the courtroom for the final ruling because he was down the street at his other trial for the actual coup. He literally watched the live stream of his seven-year sentencing on a mobile phone during a court recess, gave a wry smile, and went back to his other trial.
Getting a seven-year sentence as a commercial break during a trial for a literal coup is next-level time management.
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