All materials contained on this site are protected by Korean copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior consent of the JoongAng Ilbo | Tel: 1577-0510
JoongAng Ilbo Co., Ltd. | Address: 48-6 Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Business registration number: 110-81-00999 | CEO & Publisher: Park Chang-hee | Executive Editor: Choi Ji-young
Mail order business report number: 2020-Seoul Mapo-3838 | Online newspaper registration No: 서울,아55177
Date of Registration: 2023. 11. 21 | Juvenile Protection Manager: Park Hyunyoung
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, far right, listens as judges sentence him to 15 years in prison at the Seoul High Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on May 7, 2026. [SEOUL HIGH COURT]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12595236.jpg?imageId=12595236&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attends his trial on charges of abetting an insurrection at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 21. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12547217.jpg?imageId=12547217&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, to attend his first-trial verdict hearing on Jan. 21. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12607075.jpg?imageId=12607075&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo arrives at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 21 to attend his first-trial verdict hearing. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12563878.jpg?imageId=12563878&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Special counsel Cho Eun-suk announces the results of his team's investigation into former President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law at a press conference at the Seoul High Prosecutors' Office in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Dec. 15, 2025. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12031330.jpg?imageId=12031330&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attends a sentencing hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Jan. 21 on charges of aiding an insurrection and carrying out key tasks in the plot. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12163326.jpg?imageId=12163326&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Presiding Judge Lee Jin-gwan hears the first trial in the case involving former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo over charges including aiding and abetting the alleged ringleader of an insurrection and perjury at the Seoul Central District Court in Seocho District, southern Seoul, on Sept. 30, 2025. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12386395.jpg?imageId=12386395&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo heads to the Seoul Central District Court in southern Seoul on Jan. 21. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12404300.jpg?imageId=12404300&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is seen in front of Seoul Central District Court on Jan. 21. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12310228.jpg?imageId=12310228&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Former Prime Minister Han Duck-soo leaves the Seoul Central District Court on Nov. 26, 2025, after the conclusion of his sentencing hearing. [KANG JUNG-HYUN]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11984599.jpg?imageId=11984599&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)