So, funny story, this is the sixth South Korean President to come under indictment.
Recent and Notable Imprisonments:
Yoon Suk Yeol (Served 2022–2025): Sentenced to life in prison in February 2026 for leading an insurrection after briefly imposing martial law in December 2024.
Park Geun-hye (Served 2013–2017): Impeached, removed from office, and sentenced to 25 years for corruption and abuse of power.
Lee Myung-bak (Served 2008–2013): Sentenced to 15 years for embezzlement and bribery.
Chun Doo-hwan (Served 1980–1988): Convicted of mutiny, treason, and corruption in 1996.
Roh Tae-woo (Served 1988–1993): Convicted of treason, mutiny, and corruption, serving over two years.
Roh Moo-hyun (Served 2003–2008): Committed suicide while under investigation for corruption.
Almost every living former leader since the 1980s has been jailed, marking a pattern of post-presidential legal proceedings
Cool that these officials do get prosecuted. But maybe we should consider how they get elected to begin with.
So, funny story, this is the sixth South Korean President to come under indictment.
Recent and Notable Imprisonments:
Almost every living former leader since the 1980s has been jailed, marking a pattern of post-presidential legal proceedings
Cool that these officials do get prosecuted. But maybe we should consider how they get elected to begin with.
I mean before that it was a string of Military Dictators, and before that Japanese Colonialism, and before that a Feudal dynasty.
Then of course we have the mega corp oligarchs that also exist in Korea.
It’s been something of a round-robin of oligarch friendly presidents year by year since Park’s assassination in '79.
That might be part of the problem.
You’d think they would learn from what happened to the last guy and not do that.
Why even be president if you can’t get weird with it?