Former South Korean president Yoon Suk Yeol plotted with senior aides to provoke an armed aggression from North Korea to justify declaring martial law last December, the special prosecutor claimed.
The plot was not a spur-of-the-moment decision, but a coordinated strategy going back to 2023 which involved covert drone operations aimed at escalating tensions and plans to suspend the parliament, Cho Eun Seok said.
