04-07-2025
S.Korean media: Yoon may have tried to provoke N.Korean military response
South Korea's special prosecution team investigating former President Yoon Suk-yeol's imposition of martial law last year says an investigation into military personnel on suspicion of aiding foreign aggression is proceeding.
Local media have reported that Yoon may have ordered a drone incursion into North Korea to try to provoke a military response as a way to justify the imposition of martial law.
A member of the special prosecution team spoke to reporters on Friday but did not give details of the investigation.
Yonhap News Agency and other South Korean media have reported that Yoon may have ordered a drone incursion into North Korea in October to provoke a military response.
The reports say the special prosecutor has obtained an audio recording of a military officer that suggests Yoon gave the order to a commander.
In October, North Korea said it had found debris in Pyongyang of a drone of the same type as used by the South's military. It condemned Seoul for using drones to scatter propaganda leaflets.
South Korea's military said it could not confirm the claims were true.
