Former South Korean president sentenced to life in prison
The World
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4.6 • 943 Ratings
🗓️ 19 February 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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A court in Seoul sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison today for his brief martial law decree in 2024. Also, a look at fishing boat diplomacy in the East China Sea and gunboat diplomacy in the Persian Gulf. And, flag football is set to make its debut at the 2028 Summer Olympic Games. Plus, a look at how glitter makes Carnival sparkle in Rio de Janeiro, but also pollutes the environment.
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| 0:00.0 | The sentence is in for South Korea's former president, |
| 0:07.9 | Yun Suk Yol gets life in prison for an attempted insurrection in 2024. |
| 0:12.7 | What he was telling me was that he wanted Yun to get the death penalty. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Marco Wurman. |
| 0:21.4 | Also, the Epstein files lead to a major arrest in the UK, a now disgraced prince. |
| 0:26.6 | Andrew has been a huge source of embarrassment for the British royal family. |
| 0:31.2 | And what thousands of Chinese fishing boats are doing in the East China Sea? |
| 0:35.1 | They can essentially cut off Taiwan by total control around these important waterways. |
| 0:41.9 | Plus, all that glitter is a massive environmental hazard. |
| 0:46.3 | We're dealing with glitter and other microplastics that have been in the oceans for years |
| 0:50.3 | and years and years. |
| 0:51.7 | All those stories and more today, here on the world. |
| 0:57.8 | This is a world. I'm Marco Wurman. Thank you for tuning in. A couple of big developments |
| 1:02.8 | overnight in South Korea. A judge has handed down a sentence for the country's former president. |
| 1:07.8 | He was charged with treason, among other things. That story's coming up. But first, |
| 1:11.8 | in a development that's gripping the British public, not to mention the rest of the globe, |
| 1:16.2 | a former prince and brother to the king of England, was arrested today. Law enforcement |
| 1:20.6 | officers showed up at the home of Andrew Mountbatten Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew the Duke of York, |
| 1:26.2 | and took him into custody. The disgrace British |
| 1:28.5 | Royal was arrested following the latest release of the Epstein files. In a statement, the local police |
| 1:33.5 | say that Windsor is now back at his home after 12 hours of questioning, but he remains under |
| 1:38.8 | investigation. The world's Europe correspondent, Orla Berry, has been following this. |
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