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South Korean Court Sentences President Park to Another Eight Years in Jail
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.
Ex S Korean leader Park gets 24-year prison term
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on April 6, 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.
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S. Korea Ex-president Park Jailed for 24 Years over Corruption Scandal
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, SEOUL, South Korea, Apr 6 - South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday 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.
Ousted Korean leader Park faces 30 years
South Korean prosecutors on Feb.27 sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country’s business and political elite.
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S. Korea’s Park ‘took money from spy agency’: Reports
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 Jan. 4.
South Korea's Park denies charges as corruption trial begins
Former President Park Geun-hye denied corruption charges Tuesday at the start of a criminal trial that could potentially send South Korea's first female leader to prison for life.
Police had earlier escorted Park, in handcuffs, into court for her first public appearance since she was jailed on March 31 for corruption allegations that led to her removal from office.
Moon Rises In South Korea
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - MAY 09: South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party of Korea reacts after a television report on an exit poll of the new president at the party's auditorium in the National assembly on May 9, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea.
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South Korean ex-president Park apologizes, interrogated by prosecutors
South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye first apologized and was then questioned by prosecutors on March 21 about the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down, after using executive privilege to avoid them for months while in office.
South Korea prosecutors to summon ex-president Park for questioning
South Korean prosecutors will summon former president Park Geun-Hye, whose impeachment was confirmed by the country's highest court last week, for questioning as a criminal suspect, a spokesman said March 14.
Park has been named as an accomplice to the secret confidante at the heart of a corruption and influence-peddling scandal that triggered her dramatic downfall.
Daughter of South Korean leader's friend arrested in Denmark
The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the center of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea's President, has been arrested in Denmark after months in hiding, Seoul prosecutors said Dec. 2.