2 pro-Yoon rioters jailed for vandalizing court
Two men have been imprisoned for vandalizing court facilities in protest against the decision to issue an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol earlier this year. Judge Kim Jin-sung at the Seoul Western District Court, where the Jan. 19 attack took place, on Wednesday sentenced a 35-year-old man, surnamed Kim, to 18 months in prison, and another man, surnamed So, to one year, on charges of trespassing and damaging public property. Kim and So were among dozens of protesters who stormed the building that day, smashing windows and damaging cars parked in the compound, all while searching for the judge, Cha Eun-kyung, who had made the decision. The violence followed the approval of Yoon's formal arrest, after he was impeached by the National Assembly and was being investigated on charges of insurrection related to his declaration of martial law the previous month. Investigators later found that Kim had damaged one of the court building’s walls using bricks and had trespassed despite warnings and attempts by police to stop him. So was also found to have used pieces of broken til
May 14, 2025By Jung Min-ho
