Ex-President Yoon sentenced to 30 years over N. Korea drone operation
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South Korean ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol received a 30-year prison sentence for directing military drone operations into North Korean territory. Prosecutors argued the incursions were intended to escalate cross-border tensions and create a pretext for his December 2024 martial law declaration. He is currently serving an additional life sentence for insurrection related to that martial law attempt.
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 ...
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