00:00Welcome back. A South Korean court has sentenced former President Yoon Sook-yul to 30 years in
00:06prison over a drone operation targeting North Korea in 2024. Prosecutors said Yoon ordered
00:13the mission to provoke Pyongyang and create a pretext for his failed martial law attempt
00:19later that year. Yoon denied wrongdoing. His lawyers said he did not order or approve the
00:26operation, which they said was unrelated to martial law. Instead, it was a response to months of North
00:32Korean launches of balloons stuffed with rubbish across the border. The ruling adds to a series of
00:38judgments against the house third leader. In February, a South Korean court sentenced Yoon to
00:43life in prison after finding him guilty of leading an insurrection linked to the martial law attempt.
00:49He was removed from office last year after the Constitutional Court upheld his impeachment,
00:55triggering a snap election that was won by Liberal President Lee Jae-myung.
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