South Korea sentences ex-president Yoon to 30 years over North Korea drone incident

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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.
South Korea on Friday sentenced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for sending military drones into North Korea in a bid to "heighten inter-Korean military tensions and manufacture a national crisis" enabling him to declare martial law.
Yeol was in February given a life imprisonment sentence – which he is appealing – for leading an insurrection with his 2024 martial law declaration. ...
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