JAMMU, India (AP) — Prolonged monsoon rains this season have badly battered South Asia. Rising waters sent people fleeing from their homes in Jammu and Kashmir. The Kashmir region is split between Pakistan and India and claimed by both sides.
Floods triggered by seasonal rains have killed more than 800 people in Pakistan since June 26. At least 65 people have also died in Kashmir and hundreds have been displaced.
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Health workers carry the body of a pilgrim who died in a landslide due to floods on the route to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, being shifted to the Government Medical Hospital in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A pilgrim couple mourns the death of family members following a landslide due to floods on the route to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, at the Government Medical Hospital in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People look at the remains of a road damaged by flash floods in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Residents check the damage caused to their house by flash floods at banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People looks at the damaged bridge over the swelling Tawi River in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Residents look at the remains of their houses, damaged by flash floods at the banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People stand next to a stuck car in the aftermath of flash floods at the banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian boys wade through a waterlogged street after flash floods hit the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Commuters move through a flooded road after heavy rain in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Water level in River Tawi rises closer to a bridge following heavy rains in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A man removes mud from his home after it was hit by flash floods on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A woman, along with her cattle, moves to a safer place after heavy rain caused flooding near the banks of the Tawi River in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Members of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescue students stranded in a hostel after floodwaters submerged the ground floor of the complex in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An Indian man drains water from a washing machine after flash floods hit the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People watch a swelling River Tawi from the roof of their houses in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People leave their homes and move to safer places after River Tawi started overflowing due to heavy rain Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
India has released water from overflowing dams and swollen rivers into a low-lying border region, forcing Pakistan to evacuate tens of thousands of people.
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Health workers carry the body of a pilgrim who died in a landslide due to floods on the route to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, being shifted to the Government Medical Hospital in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A pilgrim couple mourns the death of family members following a landslide due to floods on the route to the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Temple, at the Government Medical Hospital in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People look at the remains of a road damaged by flash floods in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Residents check the damage caused to their house by flash floods at banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People looks at the damaged bridge over the swelling Tawi River in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Residents look at the remains of their houses, damaged by flash floods at the banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People stand next to a stuck car in the aftermath of flash floods at the banks of Tawi river in Jammu, India, Wednesday, Aug. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Indian boys wade through a waterlogged street after flash floods hit the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Commuters move through a flooded road after heavy rain in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Water level in River Tawi rises closer to a bridge following heavy rains in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A man removes mud from his home after it was hit by flash floods on the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
A woman, along with her cattle, moves to a safer place after heavy rain caused flooding near the banks of the Tawi River in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
Members of the State Disaster Response Force (SDRF) rescue students stranded in a hostel after floodwaters submerged the ground floor of the complex in Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
An Indian man drains water from a washing machine after flash floods hit the outskirts of Jammu, India, Sunday, Aug. 24, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People watch a swelling River Tawi from the roof of their houses in Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
People leave their homes and move to safer places after River Tawi started overflowing due to heavy rain Jammu, India, Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2025.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to five years in prison Friday in the first verdict from eight criminal trials over the martial law debacle that forced him out of office and other allegations.
Yoon was impeached, arrested and dismissed as president after his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024 triggered huge public protests calling for his ouster.
The most significant criminal charge against him alleges that his martial law enforcement amounted to a rebellion, and the independent counsel has requested the death sentence in the case that is to be decided in a ruling next month.
In Friday's case, the Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon for defying attempts to detain him, fabricating the martial law proclamation and sidestepping a legally mandated full Cabinet meeting.
Yoon has maintained he didn’t intend to place the country under military rule for an extended period, saying his decree was only meant to inform the people about the danger of the liberal-controlled parliament obstructing his agenda. But investigators have viewed Yoon’s decree as an attempt to bolster and prolong his rule, charging him with rebellion, abuse of power and other criminal offenses.
Judge Baek Dae-hyun said in the televised ruling that imposing “a grave punishment” was necessary because Yoon hasn’t shown remorse and has only repeated “hard-to-comprehend excuses.” The judge also restoring legal systems damaged by Yoon’s action was necessary.
Yoon, who can appeal the ruling, hasn’t immediately publicly responded to the ruling. But when the independent counsel demanded a 10-year prison term in the case, Yoon’s defense team accused them of being politically driven and lacking legal grounds to demand such “an excessive” sentence.
Prison sentences in the multiple, smaller trials Yoon faces would matter if he is spared the death penalty or life imprisonment at the rebellion trial.
Park SungBae, a lawyer who specializes in criminal law, said there is little chance the court would decide Yoon should face the death penalty in the rebellion case. He said the court will likely issue a life sentence or a sentence of 30 years or more in prison.
South Korea has maintained a de facto moratorium on executions since 1997 and courts rarely hand down death sentences. Park said the court would take into account that Yoon’s decree didn’t cause casualties and didn’t last long, although Yoon hasn’t shown genuine remorse for his action.
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol shouts slogans outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A supporter of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol waits for a bus carrying former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs as police officers stand guard outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs and flags outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Supporters of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol hold signs outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
A picture of former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is placed on a board as supporters gather outside Seoul Central District Court, in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)