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SEOUL, South Korea \u2014 South Korea\u2019s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea and justify declaring martial law at home.<\/p>\n

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The full version of the Seoul Central District Court\u2019s ruling was not immediately available. The same court earlier sentenced Yoon to life in prison for a rebellion conviction over his short-lived imposition of martial law in December 2024.<\/p>\n

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North Korea accused Seoul of flying drones over Pyongyang to drop propaganda leaflets three times in October 2024. South Korea\u2019s defense minister at the time, Kim Yong Hyun, issued a vague denial before the Defense Ministry said it could neither confirm nor deny the allegations. Tensions rose sharply but did not lead to any military clashes.<\/p>\n

Yoon\u2019s lawyers criticized the latest ruling, saying the drone flights were a response to North Korea flying thousands of trash-carrying balloons into the South earlier in 2024. They argued that a guilty verdict would undermine South Korea\u2019s security interests but did not immediately say whether they would appeal.<\/p>\n

Investigators led by special prosecutor Cho Eun-suk had sought a 30-year prison term for Yoon, accusing him of trying to create a warlike situation between the Koreas while plotting an authoritarian push to remove his political opponents and \u201cmonopolize\u201d power. They had sought a 25-year prison term for Kim Yong Hyun, a key confidant of Yoon who helped plan and mobilize forces for Yoon\u2019s martial law declaration.<\/p>\n

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Yoon proceeded with the declaration late in the night of Dec. 3, 2024, delivering a televised address in which he accused liberal lawmakers of being North Korea-sympathizing \u201canti-state\u201d forces. He cited a range of grievances, but particularly the opposition\u2019s impeachments of senior officials and cuts to his government\u2019s budget bill.<\/p>\n

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Martial law lasted about six hours until lawmakers broke through a blockade of soldiers and police at the National Assembly and voted to overturn it, forcing Yoon\u2019s Cabinet to lift the measure.<\/p>\n

Yoon was quickly suspended from office, impeached and formally removed by the Constitutional Court. He was arrested in July 2025, and several criminal trials are ongoing.<\/p>\n

The verdict in the most serious case, of rebellion, has been appealed both by Yoon and prosecutors, who had sought a death sentence.<\/p>\n

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