Former South Korean president Yoon sentenced to 30 years over Pyongyang drone flights
a little bit redundant because he's already doing life in prison, but worth emphasizing that Yoon very much *risked a nuclear war* to try and stay in power. www.npr.org/2026/06/12/n...
BeijingPalmer310really underrated scandal how much Washington pundits were going to bat for Yoon and South Korean conservatism, by the way. there was a lot of money sloshing around.
FOARP33His plan was to literally have the military straight-up kill the opposition. He’s lucky they didn’t bring back the death penalty just for him.
pasapropos.bsky.social14I keep trying to explain to people in my life how insane his coup plan was and no one believes me
Dalton7Absolutely insane that his plan to stay in power was to hit the "Everybody in South Korea dies" button while he himself was still in South Korea
Deniable Drip7The next conservative president will pardon him. I'll bet money on it.
Dark Laughter5Prisoner: "What are you in for?" Yoon: "Flying a drone somewhere I wasn't supposed to, missing a couple court dates, you know, just a...just a bunch of stuff."
South Korea's ousted President Yoon Suk Yeol and his former defense minister were sentenced to 30 years in prison Friday in a case alleging Yoon ordered drone flights over Pyongyang in 2024 to heighten tensions with North Korea and justify declaring martial law at home. n.pr/4uyjU6z
larryo99.bsky.social27that’s the way to deal with a tyrant. USA take notes.
John11That’s the way you deal with this kind of awful abuse of power
elruben.bsky.social10Republicans talk about morals, rule of law but instead they exposed themselves to having any at all. Backing Trump on jan 7th and voting he did no wrong after being sent running for their lives. There'll come a time when they and Trump pay for their treasonous behavior just like Yoon Suk Yeol is.
Peace Eagle7THIS IS WHAT DEMOCRACY LOOKS LIKE.
Jeff, formerly of MN and MA, still God of Cookies4Is it still alleging when he's been convicted? Come on.
Space Enthusiast2It hurts watching others live out your dreams.
Former president of South Korea Yoon Suk Yeol is sentenced to 30 years in prison for sending military drones into North Korea. Court says Yoon planned the action as pretext for his disastrous martial law declaration in 2024 u.afp.com/Sz3v
Andy28Why can other countries hold their leaders to account for their crimes and corruption except for the United States?
Goldie and Komos6South Koreans have experience of living under a dictatorship in living memory. Is that an experience Americans want to have?
gkelloggs.bsky.social2It might have happened in the US. Despite a corrupt SCOTUS slow-walking the immunity decision, Jack Smith and other judges loyal to the rule of law would have persevered. But then 77 million voters preemptively pardoned Trump. Our country failed a moral test, and the damage will be profound.
