Former S. Korean President Yoon Charged With Abuse of Power, Aiding Enemy

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Special prosecutors say former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol and two former military officials had attempted to deliberately provoke conflict with North Korea to justify his declaration of martial law. Yoon now faces additional charges of abuse of power and of aiding an enemy state in the ongoing trial for his attempted takeover.

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00:00Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol now faces more charges related to his short-lived

00:05declaration of martial law last December.

00:08Special prosecutors in Seoul have indicted Yoon for abusing power and aiding an enemy

00:12state.

00:13They say they found evidence on a military official's cell phone that Yoon deliberately

00:17tried to provoke a military conflict with North Korea to justify martial law.

00:22They say he plotted with other defendants, including the former defense minister and

00:27the former military intelligence chief.

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