A South Korean appeals court hiked on Wednesday the sentence of former South Korea  President Yoon Suk Yeol from five years to seven years, in a justice obstruction case. In January, a lower court sentenced Yoon to five years in prison for abuse of power, having used presidential security agents to block his arrest, and for other charges. In a separate trial, Yoon was sentenced to life in prison for the crime of leading an insurrection over abruptly imposing martial law in 2024. Yoon's previous