Seoul: The secret confidante of former South Korean president Park Geun-hye, who played a central role in the corruption scandal that toppled the disgraced ex-leader, has had her prison sentence cut by two years in a retrial.
Choi Soon-sil – who became close to Park through her father, a shadowy religious figure – initially received a 20-year prison term in 2018 for using her presidential connections to force companies to donate to foundations she controlled, among other charges.
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