South Korean court sentences ex-president Yoon to 30 years over Pyongyang drone plot
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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.
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol to a 30-year jail term in a case alleging he ordered military drones sent over Pyongyang to help create a pretext for his failed 2024 martial law declaration, Yonhap news agency reported.
Yoon is already serving a life sentence for insurrection over his short-lived martial law decree that plunged the country into its most serious constitutional crisis in decades.
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