Seoul, June 12 (IANS) A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison after finding him guilty of ordering drone infiltrations into North Korea in an attempt to heighten cross-border tensions and create a basis for his martial law declaration in December 2024. The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of benefiting the enemy and abuse of power in its ruling that matched special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s sente…
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Seoul, June 7 (IANS) A court in South Korea is set to deliver its verdict this week on former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s charges of ordering drone incursions into Pyongyang during his tenure as a pretext to declare martial law, officials said on Sunday. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the hearing for Yoon on Friday on charges that include benefiting the enemy and abuse of authority, according to judicial officials.Yoon is accused of ordering the South Korean military to fly drones over…
Seoul, April 24 (IANS) A South Korean special counsel team on Friday demanded a 30-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on charges of benefiting the enemy for allegedly ordering the dispatch of military drones over Pyongyang in 2024. The team, led by special counsel Cho Eun-suk, also requested the Seoul Central District Court to sentence former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun to 25 years in prison over the same allegation.Cho’s team believes the alleged dispatch in October 2024 was…
Seoul, Jan 12 (IANS) A Seoul court on Monday held the first hearing of former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s trial on charges of benefiting the enemy over allegations of dispatching military drones to Pyongyang in 2024. The hearing took place at the Seoul Central District Court behind closed doors, with Yoon, former Defence Minister Kim Yong-hyun and Yeo In-hyung, former head of the Defence Counterintelligence Command, in attendance.Yoon and the two others have been indicted on charges of aiding the …
Seoul, Dec 29 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry said Monday it has decided to take “severe” disciplinary action against five senior Army officers for their involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s failed bid to impose martial law last year. The decision came after the ministry held a committee meeting earlier this month to decide on disciplinary action against eight senior Army officers — seven generals and one colonel — involved in the martial law bid on December 3 last year.The mi…