SEOUL (Xinhua): Former South Korean president Park Geun-hye (pic) was released from imprisonment on Friday (Dec 31) under a special pardon granted by President Moon Jae-in, according to Yonhap news agency.
Park, who had been imprisoned for 57 months over corruption charges, reportedly received the certificate of pardon at a hospital in Seoul, where she has been treated for over one month due to her chronic shoulder and waist pain.
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