US EditionProsecutors seek 30-year prison term for South Korea’s Yoon for drone flights over Pyongyang
Prosecutors say the drone operation was meant to create wartime conditions and exposed classified military information after one drone crashed.
- On Friday, South Korean prosecutors requested a 30-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol, alleging he ordered 2024 drone flights over Pyongyang to create a pretext for his martial law bid.
- Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team argues the operation aimed to "fabricate wartime conditions," undermining national security; the team also requested a 25-year sentence for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun.
- The drone crash in North Korea allegedly leaked sensitive military secrets and heightened inter-Korean tensions; prosecutors previously demanded prison terms for Yeo In-hyung and Kim Yong-dae for their roles in the dispatch.
- Currently serving a life sentence for insurrection, Yoon denies the charges, maintaining he took actions "solely for the sake of the nation" as he remains involved in several ongoing legal trials.
- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung expressed regret to Pyongyang this month regarding a separate January drone incident, attempting to mend ties, though North Korea continues calling the South its "most hostile" enemy.
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Prosecutors seek 30-year prison term for South Korea’s Yoon for drone flights over Pyongyang
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korean prosecutors Friday requested a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations that he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with North Korea in 2024 by ordering drone flights over Pyongyang as he sought to create justifiable conditions for martial law at home. Yoon is charged with benefiting an adversary and abusing his powers, which are among a long list of indictments against th…
The South Korean prosecutor's office demanded on Friday 30 years' imprisonment against former President Yoon Suk-yeol, accused of having sent military drones over North Korea in 2024 in order to provoke it.
Yoon Suk-yeol has instrumentalized drone flights over North Korea, accusing him of South Korea's prosecutor's office. She demands an additional sentence of 30 years imprisonment.
Prosecutors seek 30-year jail term for Yoon over North Korea drone incursions
South Korean prosecutors are seeking a 30-year prison sentence for former President Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations that he ordered the deployment of drones to North Korea to create the pretext for his martial law declaration. During the final hearing of Yoon’s trial at the Seoul Central District on Friday, special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team […]
Prosecutors seek 30-year prison term for South Korea's Yoon
South Korean prosecutors are requesting a 30-year prison term for ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with rival North Korea by ordering drone flights over Pyongyang
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