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A court in South Korea handed down an 18-month prison sentence to former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday, though the term was suspended for three years after he was found guilty of making false statements during his 2022 run for the presidency, a violation of the country’s election laws.<\/p>

The ruling carries significant financial consequences beyond the courtroom. Should the verdict hold up through the appeals process, Yoon’s People Power Party could be required to pay back 39.7 billion won \u2014 roughly $27.1 million \u2014 in campaign expense reimbursements that had been provided by the National Election Commission following his presidential victory.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A South Korean court has found former President Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of breaking election law by making false statements during his 2022 presidential campaign. He was sentenced to 18 months behind bars, but the term was suspended for three years. If the ruling survives appeals, his party could be required to repay millions in government-reimbursed campaign funds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":101567,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-101568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1785133022811.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-qqc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":94797,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/ousted-south-korean-president-yoon-gets-2-year-sentence-in-poll-manipulation-case\/","url_meta":{"origin":101568,"position":0},"title":"Ousted South Korean President Yoon Gets 2-Year Sentence in Poll Manipulation Case","author":"Admin","date":"July 13, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"A South Korean court has handed former President Yoon Suk Yeol a two-year prison term after finding he illegally received manipulated opinion polls from a political broker ahead of his 2022 presidential run. 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