Yoon Suk Yeol

Former President of South Korea; serving life sentence for insurrection South Korea

Conservative

Prosecutor-conservative who wrapped hardline anti-North and anti-China alignment in the word 'freedom' — then tried to suspend civilian politics to crush a hostile Assembly.

Community poll — liberal or conservative?

Liberal 224 (9%)(91%) 2195 Conservative

Details — statements, goals & consistency record →

Most recent, with sources

Seoul Central District Court sentenced him to life imprisonment for leading an insurrection via the martial-law bid; he maintained the decree was a warning to protect constitutional order. Lawyers called the verdict "a formality intended for a set conclusion."

2024-12-03Speech

Our National Assembly has now become a den of criminals, paralyzed the country's judicial and administrative systems through legislative dictatorship and attempted to overthrow the liberal democratic system.

Source: The Korea Herald ↗

2024-12-03Speech

Dear fellow citizens, I am declaring a state of emergency martial law to protect the free Republic of Korea from the threats of the North Korean communist forces, to eradicate the shameless pro-North anti-state forces that plunder the freedom and happiness of our people and to safeguard the free constitutional order.

Source: The Korea Herald ↗

The rest of the record — every position, the goals behind them, and where a newer stance sits awkwardly with an older one — is on the details page.