South Korea's special prosecution team investigating emergency-martial-law incidents asked the Seoul High Court on the 16th to uphold a first-instance 30-year prison sentence for former president Yoon Suk-yeol, saying he manufactured a drone incursion over Pyongyang and abused commander-in-chief authority. Prosecutors told the appellate closing hearing Yoon is charged under a general aiding-the-enemy offense for allegedly attempting to provoke N. KOREA into armed action, risking escalation to a

South Korea's special prosecution team investigating emergency-martial-law incidents asked the Seoul High Court on the 16th to uphold a first-instance 30-year prison sentence for former president Yoon Suk-yeol, saying he manufactured a drone incursion over Pyongyang and abused commander-in-chief authority. Prosecutors told the appellate closing hearing Yoon is charged under a general aiding-the-enemy offense for allegedly attempting to provoke N. KOREA into armed action, risking escalation to a local or full-scale war. The prosecution also sought a 30-year term for former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun.