A court is set to deliver a verdict Wednesday on charges former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo played a key role in an insurrection by abetting former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed imposition of martial law. Han will be the first member of Yoon’s Cabinet to be sentenced over the Dec. 3, 2024, emergency order, which was brought to an end after six hours by the National Assembly’s vote to lift the decree. The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold the sentencing hearing at 2 p.m. and has allowed it to be televised live. Han has been charged with abetting the ringleader of an insurrection, playing a key role in an insurrection and perjury, all in connection with the martial law imposition. In addition to attending a Cabinet meeting shortly before Yoon declared martial law on Dec. 3, he allegedly signed a revised proclamation that was drafted later to enhance its legitimacy, discarded it and lied under oath at the Constitutional Court. Special counsel team Cho Eun-suk’s team has sought a 15-year prison term for Han, accusing him of taking part in a series of acts before and after t
