He joined the people power party (ppp) in july and won its nomination in november. But the outspoken conservative, who was removed from office in april, is the first south korean president to be arrested, released and then arrested again within months. Former president yoon suk yeol appeared in court thursday for the first time in nearly four months to stand trial on charges of leading an attempted insurrection and abusing his authority. After yoon’s impeachment was upheld, a snap election took place on june 3, 2025 Yoon is a storied former prosecutor who led the conservative people power party (ppp) to election victory in 2022 despite a lack of political experience. South korea’s impeached and arrested president, yoon suk yeol, was formally indicted on sunday on charges of leading an insurrection last month when he briefly imposed martial law, prosecutors.
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