People watch the live broadcast of the first-trial verdict on former President Yoon Suk-yeol's charge as leader of insurrection on a TV set up in the main hall of Seoul Station in the afternoon on the 19th. /Courtesy of News1

Former President Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to life imprisonment at the first trial on charges of being the leader of an insurrection in connection with the Dec. 3 martial law.

The Seoul Central District Court Criminal Agreement Division 25 (Presiding Judge Jee Kui-youn) held the first-sentence hearing at 3 p.m. on the 19th in the case charging former President Yoon Suk-yeol as the leader of an insurrection.

The court sentenced the former president to life imprisonment.

The court sentenced former Minister of National Defense Kim Yong-hyun, indicted on charges of engaging in important duties related to insurrection, to 30 years in prison.

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