South Korea court sentences ex-president Yoon to 30-year jail term in drone case (opens original article in a new tab)

A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 30 years in prison for abuse of power and aiding the enemy related to a drone incident that preceded his failed 2024 martial law declaration.

• Yoon was found guilty of conspiring in the October 2024 drone incursion
• The court ruled he abused power and aided the enemy
• Yoon denied wrongdoing and his lawyers claimed the drone operation was unrelated to martial law