Former President Yoon Suk Yeol again faced a demand for the death penalty Thursday as special prosecutors argued that his life sentence for leading an insurrection was too lenient. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team had also sought the death penalty at his first trial, but the court sentenced him to life imprisonment in February. At the Seoul High Court, the team said there was “no reason to hesitate to impose the death penalty” over Yoon’s Dec. 3, 2024, martial law declaration. Special prosecut
Prosecutors again seek death penalty for former President Yoon
