FILE PHOTO: Former South Korean Justice Minister Cho Kuk arrives at a court to attend a hearing for reviewing the prosecution's detention warrant in Seoul, South Korea, December 26, 2019. Yonhap via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean prosecutors indicted former Justice Minister Cho Kuk on Tuesday on a dozen charges including bribery, two months after he resigned over a scandal involving family investment and university admissions for his children.
The accusations are a setback for President Moon Jae-in after the liberal leader named Cho, a former top aide, to the cabinet post to lead reform of the prosecutors' office, which critics saw as being susceptible to political pressure.
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