{"id":1647,"date":"2025-11-10T06:02:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1647"},"modified":"2025-11-10T06:02:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T06:02:50","slug":"south-korea-indicts-ex-leader-yoon-on-charges-of-aiding-the-enemy-politics-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=1647","title":{"rendered":"South Korea indicts ex-leader Yoon on charges of aiding the enemy | Politics News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p class=\"article__subhead\"><em>Yoon Suk Yeol ordered drone flights over North Korea to create pretext for martial law, prosecutors allege.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 10 Nov 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">10 Nov 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>South Korea\u2019s special prosecutor has indicted former President Yoon Suk Yeol on new charges related to his short-lived imposition of martial law last year, including aiding an enemy state.<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors opened a special investigation earlier this year to examine whether Yoon ordered drone flights over North Korea to provoke Pyongyang and strengthen his effort to declare martial law.<\/p>\n<section class=\"more-on\">\n<h2 class=\"more-on__heading\">Recommended Stories<!-- --> <\/h2>\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">list of 4 items<\/span><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">end of list<\/span><\/section>\n<p>Prosecutor Park Ji-young told reporters on Monday that the special counsel team had charged Yoon with \u201cbenefitting the enemy in general\u201d as well as abuse of power.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon and others \u201cconspired to create conditions that would allow the declaration of emergency martial law, thereby increasing the risk of inter-Korean armed confrontation and harming public military interests\u201d, Park said.<\/p>\n<p>Park added that compelling evidence had been found in a memo written by Yoon\u2019s former counter-intelligence commander in October last year, which pushed to \u201ccreate an unstable situation or seize an arising opportunity\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The memo said the military should target places \u201cthat must make them [North Korea] lose face so that a response is inevitable, such as Pyongyang\u201d or the major coastal city of Wonsan, Park said.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon was removed from office by the Constitutional Court in April and is on trial for insurrection and other charges stemming from his failed martial law declaration.<\/p>\n<p>If found guilty, he could be sentenced to death.<\/p>\n<p>Yoon has said consistently he never intended to impose military rule but declared martial law to sound the alarm about\u00a0wrongdoing by\u00a0opposition parties and to protect democracy from \u201cantistate\u201d elements.<\/p>\n<p>Seoul and Pyongyang have\u00a0remained\u00a0technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yoon Suk Yeol ordered drone flights over North Korea to create pretext for martial law, prosecutors allege. 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