India, June 23 -- A former South Korean justice minister was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after a court found him guilty of helping ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol carry out his brief imposition of martial law in 2024.

The Seoul Central District Court said it was clear Park Sung-jae played a key role in Yoon's attempted power grab following the declaration of martial law on December 3, 2024, including ordering ministry officials to assess detention capacities at correctional facilities to prepare for possible arrests of politicians.

Park also instructed officials to review dispatching state prosecutors to Yoon's martial law command to support its operations and have related immigration authorities stand by for possible trave...