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Justice Ministry posts video of detention cell to rebut claims of special treatment for former president

The video showed the type of cell that ex-President Yoon currently occupies in an effort to refute a YouTuber's account of his favored status within the prison.

2026.6.10

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol is seen during a hearing at Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul on Feb. 19. Yoon was sentenced to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection in relation to the Dec. 3, 2024 declaration of emergency martial law. [SEOUL CENTRAL DISTRICT COURT]

Eat, rinse, repeat: Ex-President Yoon returns to jail cell, prison meals after verdict

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol returned to a jail cell on Thursday as a life-term inmate after a court sentenced him to life in prison for leading an insurrection for his Dec. 3, 2024 declaration of emergency martial law.

2026.2.19

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Police confirm over 70 cases of mobile payment fraud targeting KT users in greater Seoul

The number of victims in a micro-payment hacking case targeting KT users in Gwangmyeong, Gyeonggi, and Seoul’s Geumcheon District has risen to more than 70, authorities said Monday.

2025.9.8

Special counsel's vehicle enters the Seoul Detention Center to re-execute an arrest warrant for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Aug. 7. [YONHAP]

Seoul Detention Center head replaced amid alleged preferential treatment of ex-President Yoon

The Ministry of Justice has replaced the head of the Seoul Detention Center following allegations that former President Yoon Suk Yeol received preferential treatment while in custody, including the use of a private meeting room.

2025.8.14

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol leaves the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul after the pretrial detention hearing on July 9. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Seoul Detention Center establishes special team for managing former President Yoon Suk Yeol's incarceration

The Seoul Detention Center has formed a dedicated team to manage the incarceration of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was taken back into custody on July 10, legal sources confirmed Tuesday.

2025.7.15

Yoon supporters launch 'complaint siege' on detention center over conditions

Since former President Yoon Suk Yeol was incarcerated at the Seoul Detention Center, correctional authorities have reportedly been overwhelmed by complaints from his supporters.

2025.7.13

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol heads to Seoul Detention Center on July 9 after completing his second pretrial detention hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

'Unbearably hot': Ex-President Yoon to endure summer heat in cell alone as he awaits trial

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol will return to Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi on Thursday, just 124 days after his release, following a court order approving his pretrial detention.

2025.7.10

A hearing held by the parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law takes place at the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, on Feb. 5 without the president in attendance. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Yoon, ex-defense chief snub jailhouse parliamentary investigation hearings

The parliamentary committee investigating President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law failed to convince either Yoon or his former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to attend hearings held at their detention facilities on Wednesday.

2025.2.5

President Yoon Suk Yeol walks into the Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) headquarters in Gwacheon, Gyeonggi on Jan. 15. [NEWS1]

President Yoon to be kept in solitary at Seoul Detention Center

President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was arrested on Wednesday on charges of insurrection in declaring martial law on Dec. 3, will have to stay in solitary confinement at the Seoul Detention Center after the CIO finishes questioning him today.

2025.1.15

The Seoul Central District Court and the Seoul High Court shut down their operations on Friday after a prison guard of the Seoul Detention Center was confirmed as a coronavirus patient. All trials were delayed to later dates and inmates of the detention center underwent virus tests. [YONHAP]

Infected prison guard shuts down trials in Seoul

The coronavirus penetrated the criminal justice system when a jail guard tested positive on Friday. A guard in the Seoul Detention Center in Uiwang, Gyeonggi, was confirmed infected, the Ministry of Justice said Friday, although six fellow...

2020.5.15