{
  "id": 14892019,
  "title": "Special counsel seeks 30-year term for ex-president over NK drone incursion",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/special-counsel-seeks-30-year-term-for-ex-president-over-nk-drone-14892019",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T07:02:02.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/southkorea/law-crime/20261016/special-counsel-seeks-30-year-term-for-ex-president-over-nk-drone-incursion"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "A special counsel team has petitioned a 30-year prison sentence for ex-President Yoon Suk Yeol in an appeals trial regarding accusations that he authorized drone incursions into North Korea to incite Pyongyang. This move was purportedly aimed at justifying the imposition of martial law by Yoon in December of the previous year. The team also requested similar terms for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is charged with aiding the enemy and abusing power, as well as for Yeo In-hyung, the former head of the Defense Counterintelligence Command, and Kim Yong-dae, the ex-commander of Drone Operations Command. Yoon was previously convicted in June and handed a 30-year sentence for ordering drone flights to Pyongyang in October 2024, with the intention of sparking a military confrontation that could serve as justification for his martial law declaration.",
  "summary": "A special counsel team on Friday demanded a 30-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol in his appeals trial over allegations that he ordered drone incursions into North Korea to provoke Pyongyang in an attempt to use potential North Korean provocations to justify his declaration of martial law. Special counsel Cho Eun-suk's team also sought a 30-year prison term for former Defense…",
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      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "Special counsel seeks 30-yr term for ex-president over N.K. drone incursion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/special-counsel-seeks-30-yr-term-for-ex-president-over-n-k-drone",
        "published": "2026-10-16T05:55:19.000Z"
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      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "Special counsel seeks 30-yr term for ex-president over NK drone incursion",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/special-counsel-seeks-30-yr-term-for-ex-president-over-nk-drone",
        "published": "2026-10-16T06:22:03.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}