Former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial on charges of leading an insurrection through his short-lived imposition of martial law is set to conclude this week amid keen interest in the level of punishment he will face, including the possibility of the death penalty. The Seoul Central District Court is scheduled to hold four hearings this week — on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday — in the insurrection trial of Yoon, former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, former National Police Agency chief Cho Ji-ho and five others, according to legal sources. Kim, Cho and the five others are accused of playing a key role in an insurrection in connection with the December 2024 martial law attempt, and their two trials were merged with Yoon’s last week. On Monday and Tuesday, the court is scheduled to complete its questioning of the former defense minister before finalizing deliberations Wednesday and Friday. Due to the large number of defendants, the final hearings are expected to run late into the night, though in the case of former police chief Cho, who is battling blood cancer, his final arguments
