Prosecutors seek 30 years for Yoon Suk Yeol over martial law, drone allegations

Yoon Suk Yeol. FILE PIC/AFP

South Korean prosecutors on Friday requested a 30-year prison term for ousted president Yoon Suk Yeol over allegations he deliberately tried to escalate tensions with North Korea in 2024 by ordering drone flights over Pyongyang as he sought to create justifiable conditions for martial law at home.

Yoon is charged with benefiting an adversary and abusing his powers, among a long list of indictments against the conservative former leader over his imposition of martial law in South Korea in December 2024.

The request came in the closing stages of a trial at the Seoul Central District Court, where investigators said Yoon and his top defense officials were responsible for alleged drone infiltrations into North Korea, about two months before he imposed the shortlived martial law.

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