A three-year prison term is finalized for a former chief of South Korea’s Presidential Security Service for obstructing investigators from executing a warrant to detain then-President Yoon Suk Yeol, legal sources say. The sentence is made final after the Seoul High Court ruling and the failure of both sides to appeal within the deadline.

The case relates to events last year when investigators sought to carry out an arrest warrant at the presidential residence following Yoon’s imposition of martial law. One court had earlier sentenced the former PSS chief to four years, and the appellate court later reduced it to three years, citing that he did not actively take part in physical confrontations and that his resignation on Jan. 7, 2025, indicated a level of accountability for the resulting confusion.

Both outlets describe the same final outcome and the appeal deadline. They differ mainly in how explicitly each frames the background and procedural steps, with Korea Times giving a fuller account of the lower court sentence and the appellate court’s reasoning.