A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 30 years in prison on charges linked to military drones sent over Pyongyang to create a pretext for his failed December 2024 martial law declaration. The court found him guilty of abuse of power and aiding the enemy, stating he conspired in the October 2024 drone incursion. Yoon denied wrongdoing, claiming the operation was unrelated to martial law and a response to North Korean balloon launches. This ruling adds to previous judgements, including a life sentence for leading an insurrection linked to the martial law attempt. Yoon was removed from office after impeachment was upheld by the Constitutional Court, leading to a snap election won by liberal President Lee Jae-myung.
Former South Korea n President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives at a court to attend a hearing to review his arrest warrant requested by special prosecutors in Seoul, South Korea on July 9, 2025.
SEOUL — A South Korean court sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday over charges linked to military drones sent over Pyongyang to help create a pretext for his failed December 2024 martial law declaration, Yonhap reported. The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon guilty of abuse of power and aiding the enemy, saying he had conspired in the October 2024 drone incursion from the outset, the news agency said. Yoon denied wrongdoing.
His lawyers said he neither ordered nor later approved the operation, which they said was unrelated to martial law and instead a response to months of North Korean launches across the border of balloons stuffed with rubbish. The ruling adds to a series of judgements against the ousted conservative leader, once South Korea's top prosecutor, whose martial law order plunged Asia's fourth-largest economy into its deepest political turmoil in decades.
In February, a South Korean court sentenced Yoon to life in prison after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection linked to the martial law attempt. He was removed from office last year after the Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment, triggering a snap election that was won by liberal President Lee Jae-myung.
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