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Court to Rule on Ex-President Yoon's Trial over Appointment of Former Envoy to Australia

Special counsel Min Joong-ki sought a 4-year prison term and 137.2 million won forfeiture after a lower court convicted Yoon of illegal political donations.

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A Seoul court was set to rule Friday on former President Yoon Suk Yeol's charges of helping a former defense minister evade a criminal investigatio...

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The special counsel requested a four-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk-youl during the final hearing of his appeal trial for violating the Political Funds Act. Former President Yoon is accused of accepting opinion polls free of charge during the presidential election and exerting influence over the nomination of former lawmaker Kim Young-sun. Emphasizing the undermining of representative democracy, the special counsel requested …

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3-Year Prison Sentence Demanded for Myeong Tae-gyun… Special Counsel: "Closely Consulted with Myeong on Investigation Methods, etc." Former President Yoon Suk-yeol, indicted on charges of receiving free public opinion polls from political broker Myeong Tae-gyun, had a prison sentence demanded again in his appeal trial. On the 11th, the Min Jung-ki Special Counsel Team in Seoul

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Today, the Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to deliver its verdict on former South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol in a case involving abuse of power to help a former Defense Minister evade investigation.

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Bit-na = The first-instance judgment of former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was indicted on charges of facilitating the escape of former Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup by appointing him as the ambassador to Australia, is 11...

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Special Counsel Kim Kun-hee (Special Prosecutor Min Jung-ki) requested a four-year prison sentence in the appeal trial for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who is accused of receiving public opinion polls free of charge. On the 11th, the 7th Criminal Division of the Seoul High Court (Presiding Judge Koo Hoe-geun) held the final hearing for the appeal trial regarding violations of the Political Funds Act involving former President Yoon and "politi…

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Thursday, September 10, 2026.
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