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Former South Korea President Yoon Suk Yeol gets 30 years over North Korea drone incident

Former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol received a 30-year prison sentence. This conviction stems from sending military drones into North Korea. Prosecutors stated this action was intended to justify a failed martial law declaration. The drone flights heightened tensions between the two nations. Yoon is already serving a life…

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AAP Rolling News Bulletin June 12, 1400

AAP Rolling News Bulletin for June 12 at 1400

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Former South Korea president Yoon Suk Yeol sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending drones over Pyongyang

South Korea’s former president was given a life sentence in February for leading an insurrection with his 2024 martial law declaration

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Ousted South Korean President Yoon given prison term for drone flights over Pyongyang

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 with North Korea and and justify declaring martial law at home

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S Korea ex-president Yoon jailed 30 years in drone case

A new court ruling adds to a series of ‌judgments against ousted former president Yoon Suk -yeol, who plunged South Korea into its deepest political turmoil.

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South Korea court sentences ex-President Yoon to 30 years in jail over 2024 drone case

A Seoul court on Friday sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison on charges 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.

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South Korea’s ruling party sweeps local elections but loses key mayoral contest

Outcome complicates president Lee Jae Myung’s bid to solidify political mandate

The Independent UK

South Korean court reduces prison sentence for ex-prime minister in martial law case

An appeals court has reduced to 15 years the prison sentence of a former prime minister over his involvement in then President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law in late 2024

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Judge who sentenced South Korea’s former first lady to jail found dead

Judge Shin Jong-o had extended former first lady Kim Keon Hee’s sentence to four years and imposed a fine of 50m won

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South Korean court sentences ex-President Yoon to 7 years for charges including resisting arrest

South Korean appeals court on Wednesday sentenced ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol to seven years in prison for resisting arrest and bypassing a legitimate Cabinet meeting before his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024

The Independent UK

South Korean court convicts wife of ousted President Yoon on further corruption charges

An appeals court has raised to four years the corruption sentence for the wife of South Korea’s ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol

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South Korea’s ex-president accused of ‘drawing parallels between himself and Jesus’

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Disgraced South Korean ex-president compares himself to Jesus in bizarre Easter message

In a message sent via his lawyer, jailed leader urges public to ‘hold onto the hope of salvation even if times are difficult’

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‘Broad-minded man's attitude’: North Korea calls South Korean President Lee’s regret over drone incursions ‘wise’ in rare conciliatory response

North Korea has responded positively to South Korean President Lee Jae Myung's apology for drone incursions, calling it "fortunate and wise." Lee admitted government officials were involved, violating policy. This rare conciliatory tone follows years of hostility, though broader tensions persist between the two nations.

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Ousted South Korean President Yoon appeals life sentence for martial law decree

South Korea’s jailed former President Yoon Suk Yeol has appealed his life sentence for rebellion over his brief imposition of martial law in December 2024

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Where is Kim Ju Ae? Kim Jong-un’s daughter absent from key party congress amid succession rumours

Kim Ju Ae’s presence at the conference was hotly anticipated after South Korean intelligence briefings suggested she had entered ‘successor-designate stage’

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Why is South Korea angry that Yoon Suk Yeol wasn’t sentenced to death?

The former president was found guilty of leading an insurrection and sentenced to life imprisonment with labour, a punishment that some have called a ‘failure’

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South Korea’s Yoon apologises after receiving life sentence over martial law decree

Former president says he stands by ‘sincerity and purpose’ of his actions

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US and Chinese jets briefly face off over Korean peninsula - reports

Beijing scrambled jets after about 10 American jets took off from a South Korean airbase for drills

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Kim Jong Un seen driving rocket launcher ahead of North Korea’s biggest political event

Kim vows to lift living standards as he opens the ninth Workers' Party Congress, according to state media reports

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From London to Seoul, global leaders face legal trouble after scandals

Charges range from insurrection to corruption.

The Independent UK

A look at major events that led to ex-South Korean president's conviction over martial law

A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison for rebellion tied to his short-lived martial law order

Evening Standard

South Korea sentences impeached ex-president to life in prison for insurrection

Ex-president Yoon Suk Yeol, 65, has been sentenced to life in prison over a failed attempt to impose military rule in December 2024

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South Korea's former President Yoon Suk-yeol sentenced to life in prison for imposing martial law

A court in Seoul sentenced South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk-yeol to life in prison after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection. The court ruled his short imposition of martial law amounted to a “rebellion” and aimed to establish unchecked power for a “considerable time”.

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