South Korea’s Yoon given longer sentence for obstructing justice

A South Korean appeal court increased the sentence of jailed former president Yoon Suk-yeol on Wednesday to seven years for obstructing justice, up from five years. “The court sentences the defendant to seven years in prison,” a judge at the Seoul High Court said, calling Yoon’s actions “highly repr
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