Yoon Suk-yool in Podcasts

That was the BBC's Laura Bicker reporting there in December 2024, when President Yoon Suk-yool, facing growing political opposition, briefly declared martial law and blocked members of parliament from the National Assembly building. Today he's been sentenced to five years in prison for a number of offences, including abuse of power and obstruction of justice. Our Seoul correspondent Jake Kwon told me more.