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News & Current Events May 7, 2026 at 4:32 AM

South Korea Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo sentenced to 15 years in prison on appeal for role in insurrection

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Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo sentenced to 15 years in prison on appeal for role in insurrection
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com
Ex-Prime Minister Han Duck-soo sentenced to 15 years in prison on appeal for role in insurrection
Former Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo was sentenced on Thursday to 15 years in prison on appeal for his role in the botched martial law attempt, a reduction from the 23-year term handed down at trial.

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[deleted] May 7, 2026 +117
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Skane1982 May 7, 2026 +28
I would argue their Jeju Oranges are better than Florida ones too.
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Grow_away_420 May 7, 2026 +14
The US could have held Trump accountable, but we still have insurrectionists and sympathizers in places of power, and weak leaders looking out for their own futures.
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lapsaptrash May 7, 2026 +10
I think I saw news that the judge who sentenced the former First Lady died of weird circumstances. The grass are not that green over there.
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One-Monkey-Army May 7, 2026 +10
Justice Scalia’s death at Cibolo Creek Ranch was pretty weird
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Picklesadog May 7, 2026 -14
Literally every single Korean president besides Moon has left office before their term ended and has been imprisoned for corruption or something. Moon also handled Covid extremely well and was behind a new law to prohibit unpaid overtime, a huge issue in South Korea. And yet if you go and ask a Korean if Moon was a good president, they'll pretty much all tell you he was awful. He was so disliked that when his term was up (1 term only for Korean presidents) the country elected a billionaire businessman with no political experience who wanted to run the country like a business and get rid of the overtime regulation, and who did so as part of the People Power Party, which was essentially a renaming of the Liberty Korea Party, which was dissolved in response to President Park's political controversy (kicked off by the sinking of the Sewol Ferry,) impeachment, and imprisonment. So while they do prosecute their presidents for criminal acts, they literally keep electing obviously corrupt people to the highest office and hate the only one who wasn't corrupt.
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Bildo_Gaggins May 7, 2026 +6
>every single Korean president besides Moon has left office before their term ended and has been imprisoned what? >the country elected a billionaire businessman with no political experience yoon is now a billionaire businessman now? where did you get that idea?
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Picklesadog May 7, 2026 -7
My mistake, he wasn't a billionaire businessman. I'm exaggerating a bit on presidents being impeached/jailed, but every president dating back to 2003, besides Moon, was charged with a crime and imprisoned besides one guy who killed himself after being charged. They were all impeached (but not all removed) besides Moon.
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dicoxbeco May 7, 2026 +4
Kim Dae Joong was imprisoned decades prior to his presidency by Chun's regime, not after. Not really an apple to apple with the succeeding presidents.
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Picklesadog May 7, 2026 -4
Which is why I said "dating back to 2003" which doesn't include Kim.
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dicoxbeco May 7, 2026 +4
2003 was Kim's final year of presidency
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zeke714 May 7, 2026 +3
You're literally wrong. Kim Dae Jung and Roh Moo Hyun, both Left leaning presidents ended their 5 year term. Yoon was not a billionaire just a stooge for US and the Deep State. People Power Party is basically a CIA cutout.
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Shot-Discipline2026 May 7, 2026 +51
This should have happened to Putin's orange pedo b**** after Jan 6, 2021.
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5nbx8aa May 7, 2026 +13
it might have happend if he didn't get elected as a president. but stupid usa chose him.
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BillButtlickerII May 7, 2026 +5
His senile ass literally thanked Elon publicly for helping him steal the election…
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728766 May 7, 2026 +7
They don’t get a freebie in SK?
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zeke714 May 7, 2026 +3
Not anymore. National Assembly passed a law prohibiting future pardoning of Yoon.
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dicoxbeco May 7, 2026 +2
Park was pardoned not too long after her impeachment and imprisonment. So we will have to see.
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ftrlvb May 7, 2026 +4
let's address the orange elephant in the room
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Klepdar May 7, 2026 +5
The United States would do well to learn this lesson.
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Technotology May 7, 2026 +3
Droopy looking mfer.
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myLongjohnsonsilver May 7, 2026 +3
Is this the one a judge just got involuntary suicided over?
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Flyinmanm May 7, 2026 +2
Talk about a lame duck politician.  (Sorry, it was right there, just right there).
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Malone_Matches May 7, 2026 +2
Guess he didnt have his Duck-soo in a row
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2burgsandadog May 7, 2026 +1
Do Trump next
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External-Plastic-154 May 7, 2026 +1
He was born in 1949.
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Citizen-Kang May 8, 2026 +1
It'd be nice if we could, you know, have some of that accountability here in the land of the "free"...
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Left-Night-1125 May 7, 2026 -3
Weird, last week it was 7 years.
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Bildo_Gaggins May 7, 2026 +7
diff person
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