Former President Yoon Suk Yeol / Joint Press Corps
A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024.
Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team had demanded a 30-year prison term for Yoon on charges that included benefiting the enemy, accusing him of ordering the flights in October 2024 to provoke Pyongyang and use it as a pretext for his Dec. 3 declaration of martial law.
