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South Korea's ex-President Park given eight more years in prison
Disgraced former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was convicted of charges including illegally receiving funds from the country's spy agency on Friday and given eight more years in prison, on top of her current term. Park, the South's first female president, was impeached last year ...
South Korea to probe alleged plan by military to quell Park Geun-hye protests
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has ordered an special independent investigation into an allegation that the top military intelligence unit may have proposed an armed crackdown on peaceful candlelight vigils last year protesting the rule of Moon's predecessor, the presidential Blue House said Tuesday. Last ...
South Korea jails ex-spy chiefs for bribing former President Park Geun-hye
Three South Korean former spy chiefs were sentenced to jail Friday for bribing disgraced ex-President Park Geun-hye with millions of dollars from the intelligence agency. The trio were convicted of funneling a total of 3.5 billion won ($3.2 million) to Park while they each served ...
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye reportedly won't appeal prison term
South Korea's disgraced former president, Park Geun-hye, will not appeal her 24-year prison sentence for corruption, reports said Monday. Park, 66, removed from office last year over a massive corruption scandal last year, was convicted of multiple criminal charges, including bribery and abuse of power, ...
Former South Korean President Park found guilty of corruption
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a corruption scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster. The conviction, ...
The corruption verdict and sentencing of South Korea's ousted ex-president Park Geun-hye will be televised live, a Seoul court said Tuesday, in a case that could see her jailed for up to 30 years. The 66-year-old daughter of a former dictator was impeached and arrested ...
South Korean prosecutors demand 30 years for ousted ex-President Park Geun-hye
Prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a 30-year prison term for former South Korean President Park Geun-hye for alleged bribery, abuse of power and other crimes in a landmark corruption case that marked a stunning fall from grace for the country's first female leader and conservative ...
Secret confidante of ousted South Korean leader Park gets 20 years in prison over scandal
The friend of ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye who was at the center of an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country's business and political elite has been sentenced to 20 years in prison, a Seoul court said Tuesday. Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of Park, ...
South Korea court jails ex-culture minister over artist blacklist
A South Korean appeals court Tuesday jailed former culture minister Cho Yoon-Sun for two years for her role in drawing up a blacklist of 10,000 artists seen as critical of ousted president Park Geun-hye's government. Cho had initially been acquitted in July and given only ...
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is to be charged with accepting millions of dollars worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said Thursday. Park allegedly received between 50 and 200 million won (now $47,000 to $188,000) from the National Intelligence Service ...
Supporters of ousted South Korean leader Park ask U.N. body to probe her detention conditions
Supporters of former South Korean president Park Geun-hye have asked a United Nations body to investigate whether her detention during her corruption trial prevented Park from accessing proper medical treatment, a barrister said on Tuesday. Park, ousted earlier this year and in detention since March, ...
A South Korean opposition party that split from president Park Geun-hye's grouping as she was engulfed in a corruption scandal last year saw its own leader step down Thursday over graft allegations. Dozens of members of the Bareun (Justic) party splintered from the main conservative ...
