Ex-President Yoon sentenced to 30 years over N. Korea drone operation

Former President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday over a covert drone operation targeting Pyongyang.

Prosecutors said the operation was intended to provoke North Korea and help create conditions for Yoon to declare martial law, which he eventually did on Dec.

3, 2024.

“The defendant conspired in the drone operation from the beginning and is a co-principal offender in the crime of benefiting the enemy,” the court said in its ruling.

The Seoul Central District Court also fo ...