South Korean ousted leader Park Geun-hye arrives at a court in Seoul, on Aug 25, 2017. - Reuters
SEOUL (AFP): South Korean prosecutors have seized the house of former president Park Geun-hye and will auction it off after she failed to pay a US$19 million penalty for corruption, they said Tuesday (March 23).
Park was impeached in 2017 after anti-corruption protests centred on allegations she let a shadowy confidante meddle in state affairs, and was subsequently jailed for 20 years for bribery and abuse of power.
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