POLITICSJun 12 · 02:31 UTCSCMP CHINAAgence France-Presse

South Korean court sentences ex-president Yoon to 30 years over Pyongyang drone plot

South Korea’s ex-president Yoon Suk-yeol was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending drones into North Korea, a move prosecutors claimed was intended to create a pretext for his 2024 martial law declaration. He had previously been sentenced to life in jail in February for leading an insurrection to 'paralyse' South Korea’s...

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