The Seoul court's decision Friday to sentence former President Yoon Suk Yeol to 30 years in prison for ordering drone infiltrations into Pyongyang has cast new light on the operation's broader afterlife, beyond questions of criminal liability. The key questions are what impact, if any, the operation had on inter-Korean relations, and how North Korea used the incident to shape its narrative toward the South. The Seoul Central District Court found that Yoon ordered the October 2024 operation with