Overview
- Special prosecutors on November 10 filed a new indictment alleging the former president directed military leaders to send drones toward North Korea’s capital.
- Investigators contend the flights were intended to provoke a North Korean response that could justify declaring emergency martial law.
- Yoon remains on trial on separate insurrection charges following his declaration of emergency martial law late last year.
- Ex-counterintelligence chief Yeo In-hyeong was also indicted, with prosecutors citing a phone memo listing potential targets such as Pyongyang, Wonsan tourist sites, and Kim Jong Un’s retreat and urging creation of an uncontrollable situation.
- Prosecutors shifted from an initial probe into collusion with a foreign power for lack of evidence and proceeded under aiding-the-enemy statutes, noting North Korea had reported drone incursions over Pyongyang in October 2024.