Yoon Suk Yeol

"to send troops to the national assembly to blockade the assembly hall and arrest key figures"

"With the purpose of creating an environment for emergency martial law, the defendants used the guise of a military operation to induce North Korea's provocation."

"Yoon had denied any wrongdoing over the drone incursion."

"In a situation where the independence of the judiciary cannot be guaranteed and a verdict based on law and conscience is difficult to expect, I feel deep skepticism whether it would be meaningful to continue a legal battle through an appeal."

"I was sorry for the frustration and hardship brought upon the people by my martial law decree."

"The court found me guilty of subverting constitutional order by deploying troops to storm parliament."

"Forces that seek to smear a decision made to save the nation as an 'insurrection' will only grow more rampant."