Former Minister Park Sung-jae Goes to Prison

前部長朴聖材入獄

Jun 22, 2026, 09:25
South KoreaPolitics

Introduction

A court in Seoul gave Park Sung-jae 25 years in prison. He was the Justice Minister. He helped former President Yoon Suk Yeol try to take total control of the country in December 2024.

首爾的一家法院判處朴聖材 25 年徒刑。他曾任司法部長，在 2024 年 12 月協助前總統尹錫悅試圖完全控制國家。

Main Body

Park helped the President. He told his staff to find space in prisons for political enemies. He also sent lawyers to the military command. He stopped people from leaving the country.

朴聖材協助了總統。他指示下屬在監獄中為政治對手騰出空間。他還派遣律師前往軍方司令部，並阻止人們離開國家。

President Yoon also went to prison. He got a life sentence. He used drones over North Korea to make a fake crisis. This was to justify his rules. He lost his job in April 2025.

總統尹錫悅也入獄了，被判處終身監禁。他在北韓上空使用無人機製造假危機，以證明其統治的合理性。他在 2025 年 4 月失去職位。

Other leaders got prison time too. The Defense Minister got 30 years. The Prime Minister got 15 years. The President's wife is also in prison for money problems.

其他領導人也被判處監禁。國防部長被判 30 年，總理被判 15 年。總統夫人也因金錢問題而入獄。

Conclusion

Park Sung-jae is now in prison. The courts in South Korea are still punishing the leaders from the 2024 crisis.

朴聖材現在已入獄。韓國法院仍在懲罰 2024 年危機期間的領導人們。

Vocabulary Learning

⏳ The 'Past' Pattern

In this story, everything happened already. To tell a story about the past, we usually add -ed to the action word.

Look at these changes:

  • Help →\rightarrow Helped
  • Stop →\rightarrow Stopped
  • Justify →\rightarrow Justified

⚠️ The 'Rule Breakers'

Some words are "rebels." They don't follow the -ed rule. You must memorize these separately:

  1. Give →\rightarrow Gave
  2. Go →\rightarrow Went
  3. Get →\rightarrow Got
  4. Lose →\rightarrow Lost

💡 A2 Quick Tip: Sentence Building

To make a simple sentence about a person in the past, use this map: [Person] + [Past Word] + [The Thing/Place]

Example: Park + helped + the President.

Vocabulary Learning

prison (n.)
A building where people are kept as punishment for a crime
Example:The man went to prison for stealing money.
total (adj.)
Complete or whole
Example:The room was in total darkness.
enemies (n.)
People who hate or fight against someone
Example:The two countries were enemies for many years.
sentence (n.)
The amount of time a person must spend in prison
Example:The judge gave him a five-year sentence.
crisis (n.)
A dangerous or very difficult time
Example:The city faced a water crisis during the summer.
justify (v.)
To give a good reason for something
Example:It is hard to justify spending so much money on a car.
punishing (v.)
Making someone suffer for doing something wrong
Example:The teacher is punishing the student for talking in class.
Practice A2 words in a crossword→