The Seoul Central District Court acquitted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of abusing authority and harboring a criminal over a 2023 ambassador appointment. [1] The Korea Herald filed insufficient evidence of intent to obstruct a probe into a Marine's drowning. [1] Print this acquittal. Do not print the martial-law docket as gone.

Prosecutors had sought a five-year sentence on this file. Five other former officials were also acquitted in the same wrap. [1] A related-charges acquittal is not a blanket clearance. Print related charges. Leave other convictions to the pages that own them.

Friday recap that treats one bench as all cases closed is a feed, not the Herald. Print the acquittal as this case. Do not invent a restored presidency.

-- DAVID CHEN, Beijing