Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to seven years in prison by the Seoul High Court on Wednesday, as the appeals court increased his punishment in a case tied to his failed 2024 martial law decree. The ruling, two years longer than the lower court’s five-year sentence, marked the first appellate decision from a special court division handling insurrection-related cases. The special counsel had sought a combined 10-year prison term for Yoon on charges including obstruction of the execut