Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years over North Korea drone operation (opens original article in a new tab)

Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending military drones into North Korea, with prosecutors alleging the operation was intended to provoke Pyongyang and support a failed martial law bid. Yoon's lawyers denied the claims, stating the drones were a response to North Korean balloon launches.

• Ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years for sending drones into North Korea
• Prosecutors claimed the drone operation was to provoke North Korea and support a failed martial law bid
• Yoon's lawyers argued the drones were a response to North Korean balloon launches and unrelated to the martial law