File photo of South Korea's ousted president Park Geun-Hye arriving at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul for her trial in August 2017.
SEOUL: (AFP) South Korea's top court on Thursday ordered a second retrial for disgraced former president Park Geun-hye, seeking heavier punishment for illegally taking money from the country's spy agency.
Park, the country's first female president, was impeached in 2017 after huge street protests over a sprawling scandal, and already faces a separate retrial for corruption and abuse of power that could add to her 25-year jail term.
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