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. [tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=exceptional]
Sources
- The unravelling of South Korea's martial law president (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.csis.org/analysis/yoon-declares-martial-law-south-korea (corroboration)
- https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/19/asia/south-korea-yoon-suk-yeol-verdict-insurrection-intl-hnk (corroboration)
- https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/south-korean-court-upholds-yoon-impeachment-martial-law-rcna197213 (corroboration)