"A special counsel team has been probing Yoon's short-lived bid to impose a martial law in South Korea in December 2024. The team charged Yoon with aiding the enemy for his alleged dispatch of drones to North Korea last year, Yonhap reported. Yoon has been accused of giving the order to provoke Pyongyang's retaliation and allegedly using it as a smokescreen to declare martial law."
"Yoon attempted to provoke a military conflict between South and North Korea in order to declare martial law, Reuters news agency cited a prosecutor's spokesperson as saying at a briefing. The spokesperson cited evidence found on a military official's phone which included some words allegedly pointing to potential provocations against the North, such as "drones" and "surgical strike", Reuters added. South Korea's former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun and former military intelligence chief Yeo In-hyung planned to induce a North Korean attack against the South, the spokesperson said."
A special counsel probed a short-lived December 2024 attempt to impose martial law and charged Yoon Suk Yeol with aiding an enemy state and abusing presidential power. Prosecutors allege Yoon ordered dispatch of drones to North Korea and sought to provoke Pyongyang's retaliation to justify declaring martial law. Investigators cited evidence from a military official's phone containing words such as "drones" and "surgical strike" that suggested potential provocations. Former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun and ex-military intelligence chief Yeo In-hyung were also accused of planning to induce a North Korean attack and were indicted on the same additional charges.
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