A court in Seoul sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to another 30 years in prison for allegedly ordering the deployment of drones over North Korea. The ruling concerns an incident from October 2024, when drones reportedly penetrated the airspace over Pyongyang. Der Standard ↗
Prosecutors argued that the operation's goal was to raise tensions with North Korea and create a pretext for the subsequent declaration of martial law. Yoon had already been sentenced to life in prison in February, and according to available information also received a five-year sentence in January. The new verdict thus extends the series of sentences following his removal from office. Die Zeit ↗
The same thirty-year sentence was given to former Defense Minister Kim Yong Hyun. The case focuses on the decisions of the former state leadership at a time when tensions between Seoul and Pyongyang were among the main security risks on the Korean Peninsula. Le Monde ↗
The verdict reinforces the legal consequences of Yoon's political fall and at the same time opens another chapter in the debate over the limits of presidential power in South Korea. Further developments will depend on subsequent procedural steps and on how South Korean institutions come to terms with the consequences of decisions made during the crisis. RTE News ↗
Yoon gets another 30 years for drones over North Korea
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Yoon Suk Yeol: Südkoreas abgesetzter Präsident Yoon wegen Drohnenflügen verurteilt
Die Zeit
| 07:05 12.06.
Jailed South Korea ex-president gets 30 more years for sending drones into North
BBC News
| 05:28 12.06.
Corea del Sud, 30 anni all'ex presidente Yoon per l'invio di droni in Corea del Nord
ANSA
| 05:02 12.06.
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