South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to 30-year jail term over drone incursion - Reuters
South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to 30-year jail term over drone incursion Reuters
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"With the purpose of creating an environment for emergency martial law, the defendants used the guise of a military operation to induce North Korea's provocation."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
"Yoon had denied any wrongdoing over the drone incursion."
— Yoon Suk Yeol , Politician
Key People
Former chief of the Drone Operations Command in South Korea.
Former Defense Minister of South Korea involved in the drone operations.
Kim Yong Hyun is the former Defense Minister of South Korea involved in the case against Yoon Suk Yeol.
Former head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command in South Korea.
Yoon is a former President of South Korea.
Former President of South Korea.
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A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for charges linked to his ordering an incursion of military drones over North Korea to help create a pretext for his failed December 2024 martial law declaration.
A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for charges linked to his ordering an incursion of military drones over North Korea to help create a pretext for his failed December 2024 martial law declaration.
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol and his ex-defense minister Kim Yong Hyun were sentenced to 30 years in prison for orchestrating drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024, aiming to provoke North Korea and justify declaring martial law in South Korea.
A Seoul court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.
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