Riot incident at Seoul Western District Court: This is where the difference between prison sentences and suspended sentences came into play - South Korea

Those who participated in the January riot at the Seoul Western District Court and damaged court equipment will pay the price with prison time. A participant who was indicted for assaulting reporters was given a suspended prison sentence.
Judge Kim Min-Jeong of the Criminal Division of the Seoul Western District Court on the morning of the 25th announced that the defendants Han (72) and Jung (38), who were indicted on charges of trespassing on a special building and damaging common property, were arrested.
) to two years and six months and two years in prison, respectively. Judge Kim said, "Disobeying the court's decision and attacking the court with violence is an act that fundamentally denies the rule of law.
"We cannot tolerate acts that seek to deny and destroy," they said. On January 19, they held a joint press conference with former President Yoon Seok-yeol in protest against the court's issuance of an arrest warrant for him.
Meanwhile, Judge Park Ji-won of the same court's Criminal 1Exclusive arrested a suspect on suspicion of special building trespass and special injury in the morning.
The court sentenced Moon (33) to one year and two months in prison, suspended for three years, and ordered him to perform 120 hours of community service. On January 19, Moon filed suit against former President Yoon Seok-yeol in protest against the issuance of an arrest warrant for the South Korean government.
Moon is accused of trespassing on the premises of the Seoul Western District Court. At the time, he is also accused of assaulting a broadcasting station crew and damaging its equipment along with other protesters during the riots.
Chief Judge Park acknowledged the allegations of trespassing against the defendant, but said that the defendant had shown a passive attitude when he broke into the Western District Court, and therefore the charge of trespassing against a special building was dismissed.
The court determined that this was not the case. The charge of special building trespass is applied when a person enters a building while displaying multiple threats or carrying dangerous objects, and the maximum prison sentence is higher than that of the general building trespass charge.
The punishment is also heavy. Chief Judge Park said Moon's crime and crime quality were bad, but added that he took into consideration the fact that it was his first offense and that he turned himself in to the police and partially confessed to the charges.
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