Supporters Cheer as Impeached South Korean President Wins Release From Prison While Court Weighs His Fate

The decision of a court to free Yoon Suk-yeol raises the chance that he could be acquitted of insurrection, which carries a sentence of life imprisonment or even death.

Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP
President Yoon of South Korea greets his supporters as he leaves a detention center at Uiwang, March 8, 2025. Kim Do-hun/Yonhap via AP

SEOUL — To the chagrin of leftists who want to see South Korea’s impeached president, Yoon Suk-yeol, go down in disgrace and be imprisoned for life, he has at last won a critical court victory.

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