This is the first request for a prison sentence issued by the special prosecutor in connection with the multiple charges facing Yoon. The prosecution has charged the former president with attempting to obstruct investigators who sought to arrest him in January by barricading himself inside the presidential complex. SEOUL - South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Friday that the country's special prosecutor has sought a 10-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including obstruction of justice during attempts to arrest him following his failed bid to impose martial law.
