Ex-SK President Jailed
Former South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol sentenced to 30 years for treason, plotting martial law, as Japan's central bank faces rare leadership gap
Key points
- Yoon Suk-yeol, former President of South Korea, received a 30-year prison sentence for arranging drone flights into North Korea to provoke retaliation
- Former defence minister Kim Yong-hyun and ex-counterintelligence chief Yeo In-hyung were also jailed for 30 and 15 years, respectively
- The verdict marks the first treason-type guilty verdict for a former South Korean president, with Yoon denying the charges and planning to appeal
- Meanwhile, Japan's central bank Governor Kazuo Ueda is hospitalized with a liver-cyst infection, missing the June 15-16 meeting, a first since 1998
- The Bank of Japan's decision will rest with the eight remaining board members, with Ueda providing input remotely
Historic Sentence in South Korea
A Seoul court has sentenced former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 30 years in prison for treason. The charges stem from Yoon's alleged role in arranging drone flights into North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, to create a pretext for martial law.
Japan's Central Bank Faces Leadership Gap
In related news, Japan's central bank Governor Kazuo Ueda is currently hospitalized with a liver-cyst infection. As a result, Ueda will miss the upcoming June 15-16 meeting, marking the first such absence since 1998.
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