Yoon stripped of attorney license following Supreme Court ruling

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol has been stripped of his attorney's license after the Supreme Court upheld his seven-year prison sentence.

According to reports Wednesday, the Korean Bar Association recently canceled Yoon's registration as an attorney, following an order from the Justice Ministry.

Under the Attorney-at-Law Act, registered attorneys are disbarred if a prison term is confirmed.

Yoon was sentenced to seven years in prison in a lower-court ruling on charges including special obstructi ...