Overview
- The special prosecutor indicted Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday on abuse of office and aiding a hostile state, expanding a high-profile case.
- Former defense minister Kim Yong-hyun and ex–military intelligence chief Yeo In-hyung were also charged on the new counts.
- Investigators point to a service member’s phone containing terms such as “drones” and “precision strike,” which they say support claims of a planned provocation against North Korea.
- The case includes an allegation that Yoon ordered a clandestine drone operation north of the border to help rationalize his brief declaration of martial law last December.
- Yoon and Kim reject accusations of harming national interests, Yeo has voiced regret for not challenging orders, and Yoon remains in pretrial detention on additional charges including election fraud and insurrection.