00:00South Korea's special prosecutor requests the death penalty for former President Yoon Seok-yol.
00:06This on charges of masterminding an insurrection over his brief martial law declaration in December 2024.
00:12South Korea has not carried out a death sentence in nearly three decades.
00:16A prosecutor says investigators uncovered a scheme allegedly led by Yoon and former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to keep Yoon in power.
00:23Yoon denies the charges.
00:25He argues that declaring martial law was within his presidential powers and was meant to warn against opposition obstruction of government.
00:32The court will rule on the case on February 19.
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