South Korea prosecutors indict 63 over courthouse rampage by Yoon supporters

10/2/2025 19:17

South Korean prosecutors indicted on Monday 63 people for their role in storming a court building last month to protest the detention of impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol, with some facing charges carrying up to a seven-year jail term, an official said.



Hundreds of angry Yoon supporters stormed the Seoul Western District Court in the pre-dawn hours of January 19, destroying property and trespassing into judges' chambers as some live-streamed the incident.



They broke through a police cordon at the court after a judge approved a warrant to extend the detention of Yoon for declaring a short-lived martial law on December 3. He became the first sitting South Korean president to be arrested and has been indicted for insurrection.



Of the 63 people indicted on charges that include aggravated obstruction of official duty, destruction of official property, attempted arson and assault, 62 remain in detention, the prosecution official said by telephone.