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Al Jazeera · Qatar · Seoul court gives Yoon Suk Yeol 30 more years for ordering North Korea drone incursions
Reported the Seoul Central District Court verdict finding Yoon Suk Yeol guilty of treason and abuse of power for orchestrating three drone incursions over Pyongyang in October 2024, with the court ruling he had deliberately manufactured a security crisis to justify martial law. Former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun received the same 30-year sentence.
“South Korea's ex-president Yoon gets 30 years over drone operation that court ruled was designed to trigger the December 2024 martial law.”