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Special Counsel Seeks 30-Yr Term for Ex-President over NK Drone Incursion

Summary by The Korea Times
A special counsel team on Friday demanded a 30-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in his appeals trial over allegations that he ordered drone incursions into North Korea to provoke Pyongyang in an attempt to use potential North Korean provocations to justify his declaration of martial law. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team also sought a 30-year prison term for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on charges of benefiting the e…

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The second comprehensive special prosecutor team demanded prison sentences for former President Kim Dae-ki and others indicted on charges of illegally diverting the budget for the relocation of the Yoon Suk-yeol administration's presidential residence. The special prosecutor requested the sentences during the hearing held on the 16th at the Seoul Central District Court, presided over by Judge Lee Jeong-yeop of the 36th Criminal Division, regardi…

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = Former President Yoon Suk-yeol, indicted on charges of general treason in connection with the 'Pyongyang drone deployment operation,' sentenced to 30 years in prison, the same as in the first trial...

·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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[Digital Daily Reporter Bae Tae-yong] The Special Prosecutor Team for Insurrection requested a heavy sentence in the second trial for former President Yoon Suk-yeol, who was indicted on charges of general treason, etc., for attempting to create a pretext for declaring a state of emergency by ordering the "operation to deploy drones in Pyongyang." On the 16th, during the final hearing of the appeal trial for general treason charges involving for…

30 years for Kim Yong-hyun, 15 years for Yeo In-hyung, and 5 years for Kim Yong-dae.

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연합뉴스-Yonhap News Agency broke the news in Seoul, Korea (the Republic of) on Friday, October 16, 2026.
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