{
  "id": 15861158,
  "title": "Appeals court reduces ex-justice minister's sentence to 9 years over martial law role",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/appeals-court-reduces-ex-justice-ministers-sentence-to-9-years-over-15861158",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:12:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261021/appeals-court-reduces-ex-justice-ministers-sentence-to-9-years-over-martial-law-role"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "The Seoul High Court has reduced former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae's sentence from 25 years to 9 years in prison for his role in former President Yoon Suk Yeol's failed martial law bid in December 2024. The appellate court convicted Park of playing a key role in the insurrection under Yoon's short-lived declaration of martial law, but acquitted him of other charges such as insurrection and power abuse. The court found that Park was aware that Yoon's emergency decree did not meet the necessary conditions for martial law, and the declaration was made for unconstitutional and illegal purposes.",
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Appeals court reduces ex-special counsel's sentence to 6 years in bribery case",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/appeals-court-reduces-ex-special-counsels-sentence-to-6-years-in",
        "published": "2026-10-21T05:02:03.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}