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South Korea's ousted leader Yoon indicted for flying drones over North Korea

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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