Yoon appeals insurrection verdict

SEOUL, Feb 24 (AFP): South Korea's former president Yoon Suk Yeol has filed an appeal against an insurrection conviction stemming from his 2024 martial law declaration, his lawyers said Tuesday.
The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty last week of leading an insurrection designed to "paralyse" the National Assembly, and sentenced him to life in prison.
Yoon initially branded the verdict "difficult to accept" but did not immediately indicate whether he would appeal.
His legal team said Tuesday they would challenge the verdict. "We believe we have a responsibility to clearly place on record the problems with this ruling-not only in the court's records, but also before the judgement of history in the future," Yoon's lawyers said in a statement.