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South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye granted government pardon for corruption scandal

South Korea's Moon Jae-in has pardoned his predecessor Park Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison term for a vast corruption scandal

South Korea's top court upholds 20-year jail term for ex-president Park Geun-hye in bribery case

Park was convicted of colluding with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from some of the country's largest business groups, including Samsung

Seoul mayor Park Won-soon found dead days after being accused of harassment by secretary

Park, who was serving his third term as mayor of Seoul, a city of 10 million, had often been cited as a possible successor to President Moon Jae-in, whose single five-year term is set to expire in 2022

South Korea goes to the polls: Handling of coronavirus delivers landslide win to Moon Jae-in's Democratic Party

President Moon Jae-in’s governing party in South Korea won a landslide in parliamentary elections Wednesday, as he leveraged his surging popularity over his country’s largely successful battle against the coronavirus to increase his political sway

South Korea extends ex-president Park Geun-hye's prison sentence for corruption and abuse of power by a year

South Korea has extended the prison sentence of its former president Park Geun-hye by one year. She was arrested for corruption and abuse of power

South Korea's Park Geun-hye gets another 8 years in jail for causing loss of govt funds, interfering in 2016 Parliamentary election

A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday.

South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye jailed for 24 years on corruption charges

South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule

South Korean prosecutors seek 30 years' jail for ousted president Park Geun-hye as supporters demand release

South Korean prosecutors on Tuesday sought a 30-year jail term for former president Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal

South Korean president Park Geun-hye's secret confidante Choi Soon-sil jailed for 20 years

The secret confidante of ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye was convicted Tuesday and jailed for 20 years for her key role in the scandal that brought down the head of state.

South Korea prosecutors seek 12-year jail term for Samsung Vice Chairman Jay Y Lee in corruption case

The 49-year-old billionaire heir to South Korea’s Samsung Group was convicted by the lower court of bribing the country’s former president.