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Yoon Suk Yeol allegedly ordered drone flights over North Korea to provoke retaliation and justify martial law, facing charges that carry the death penalty, prosecutors said.
- On Monday, November 10, 2025, a South Korean special counsel indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges including aiding an enemy state tied to his Dec. 3, 2024 martial law bid, alleging he ordered drone flights over North Korea to provoke retaliation.
- About two months before the Dec. 3, 2024 declaration, alleged drone flights took place, while prosecutors opened a special investigation earlier this year into whether Yoon ordered them.
- Evidence cited by prosecutors included terms 'drones' and 'surgical strike' found on a military officer's mobile phone, Park Ji-young said, `The defendants... conspired to create conditions for declaring martial law`.
- Removed in April, Yoon Suk Yeol remains on trial for insurrection and related offenses, while Kim Yong-hyun, former Defense Minister, and Yeo In-hyung, former military intelligence chief, face the same additional charges and possible sentences of life imprisonment or death.
- Prosecutors warned the actions increased armed conflict risk, while Kim Nam-jung and President Lee Jae Myung's government urged dialogue and peace on the Korean Peninsula.
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South Korea's Political Storm: Yoon Suk Yeol's Drone Controversy
South Korea's Political Storm: Yoon Suk Yeol's Drone Controversy Ousted South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is embroiled in fresh legal turmoil as prosecutors charged him with ordering drone flights over North Korea, purportedly to escalate tensions and rationalize his subsequent declaration of martial law.Yoon's imposition of martial law on December 3, 2024, encapsulated a dramatic political crisis in South Korean history, leading to his impea…
South Korea special prosecutor indicts ex-President Yoon on more charges
South Korea's special prosecutor on Monday indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on additional charges of abusing power and aiding an enemy state related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year.
South Korean prosecutors on Monday filed new charges against the country's former president Yoon Suk-yeol. He is facing additional charges of abuse of power and aiding a hostile state in the past...
The political crisis around South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol has taken a new turn this Monday, after the Special Prosecutor’s Office handling his case filed new charges against him. Prosecutors accuse him of abuse of power and of “beneficiating an enemy state,” following the alleged shipment of drones to North Korea with the aim of fuelling tension between the two neighbors in 2024. Charges are framed in the judicial process opened b…
The South Korean prosecution has charged former President Yoon Suk-yeol on Monday with new charges of "helping the enemy," claiming that he ordered the drone flight over North Korea to reinforce his declaration of martial law. Pionyang said last year that he had "proved" that southern drones launched propaganda over the city, something the South Korean Army has not confirmed. The prosecution opened an investigation this year to determine whether…
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