Former South Korean culture minister Cho Yoon-Sun arrives for a court appearance in Seoul on January 23, 2018. -AFP
SEOUL: A South Korean appeals court on 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 a suspended sentence on a minor related charge, prompting prosecutors to appeal.
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