South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to 30-year jail term over drone incursion
The court said Yoon used the military operation to create conditions for martial law, and prosecutors had sought a 30-year sentence.
- On Friday, a court sentenced President Yoon Suk Yeol and Kim Yong Hyun to 30 years in prison for ordering drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea.
- Investigators led by Cho Eun-suk accused Yoon of plotting to "monopolize" power, alleging the drone flights aimed to create artificial tensions between the Koreas to justify the Dec 2024 martial law declaration.
- Defense arguments claimed the drone flights responded to North Korea's trash-carrying balloons, while investigators sought a 25-year sentence for Kim Yong Hyun, Yoon's key confidant in the operation.
- The Constitutional Court previously removed Yoon from office after the National Assembly overturned his martial law declaration, leading to a separate life sentence for rebellion earlier this year.
- Yoon's lawyers have not immediately confirmed whether they will appeal this verdict, though prosecutors and Yoon are already challenging the separate rebellion conviction in higher courts.
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South Korea's Yoon, Kim sentenced for sending drones into North Korea as a martial law pretext
South Korea's ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defence minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea and justify declaring martial law at home.
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KalingaTVFormer South Korean President sentenced to 30 years in prison in drone infiltration case
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an alleged attempt to escalate inter-Korean tensions and justify the declaration of martial law in December 2024, Yonhap News Agency reported. According to the Yonhap News Agency, in the ruling delivered by the Seoul Central District Court, Yoon was convicted on charges o…
Ex-South Korea Leader Yoon Suk Gets 30 Years Over Drone Incursion Into Pyongyang
Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the Seoul Central District Court for sending drones into North Korea in October 2024. The court found Yoon guilty of abuse of power and aiding the enemy, determining that he conspired in the drone operation, which prosecutors argued was intended to create a pretext for his failed martial law declaration later that year. Yoon, already serving a life sentence f…
The Seoul Court found the former President of South Korea, Yoon Sok Yeol, guilty of ordering the launch of drones into DPRK territory in October 2024, thus reaching the conclusion of the Court, he wanted to create a pretext for martial law, which he declared in December of the same year.
South Korea's former president is said to have sent drones to provoke a confrontation with North Korea. In 2024, he wanted to justify martial law.
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