After guilty verdict, defiant Yoon insists martial law was sincere attempt to help nation

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol defended his decision to impose emergency martial law in 2024 as an act taken for the country’s survival, even as he apologized to the public one day after receiving a life sentence for leading an insurrection. In a statement released through his lawyers on Friday, Yoon said his judgment at the time was driven entirely by national interest. “My decision to declare the Dec. 3 emergency martial law was made solely for the state and the people,” he said. “My sincerity

By The Korea Herald