Yoon Suk Yeol served as President of South Korea and declared martial law in an attempted authoritarian takeover.
Notes on verification
Confirmed by multiple independent, high-quality sources including news reports and analysis of the martial law declaration, impeachment, and subsequent court conviction for insurrection.
Sources
- The unravelling of South Korea's martial law president (bbc.com)
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/yoon-declares-martial-law-south-korea (csis.org)
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-verdict-insurrection-intl-hnk (cnn.com)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-court-upholds-yoon-impeachment-martial-law-rcna197213 (nbcnews.com)