Riyadh: A South Korean court sentenced ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday for sending military drones into North Korea, saying he planned the action as pretext for his ...

Yoon had already been sentenced to life in prison for a rebellion conviction over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.

Yoon planned to "heighten inter-Korean military tensions and manufacture a national crisis" so his martial law could have been justified, they added. The former president was given 30 years in jail ...

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol was sentenced over his failed 2024 martial law declaration, Yonhap news agency reported.

A Seoul court sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday after finding him guilty of ordering military drones to infiltrate North Korea.

SEOUL, June 12 — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday for charges linked to his ordering an incursion of military drones over North Korea to ...

A South Korean court has sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison for illegally receiving manipulated ...

South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister have been sentenced to 30 years in prison in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang to heighten tensions ...

Ex-South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years for drone incident provoking North Korea amid martial law declaration.