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South Korea pardons ex-president
Seoul: South Korea’s ex-president Park Geun-hye (pic) received a pardon, cutting short a jail term of more than 20 years for corruption with her successor saying he granted it in the interest of national unity.
South Korea pardons disgraced ex-president Park Geun-hye
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye has received a pardon, cutting short a jail term of more than 20 years for corruption, the justice minister announced Friday (Dec 24), saying the reprieve was in the interests of national unity.
The end of a dark history for Korea: Korea Herald editorial
The paper says safeguarding democracy is the way to clear the remnants of Korea's dark history.
S. Korea’s ‘Butcher of Gwangju’ dies at 90
SEOUL: Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, has died at the age of 90, his former press aide said.
Former South Korean military dictator Chun Doo-hwan dies at 90
SEOUL (Reuters) -Former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan, whose iron-fisted rule of the country following a 1979 military coup sparked massive democracy protests, died on Tuesday at the age of 90, his former press aide said.
S. Korea former leader gets final send-off
SEOUL: Dozens of relatives and dignitaries gathered in South Korea’s capital to pay their final respects to former President Roh Tae-woo, a key participant in a 1979 military coup who later won a landmark democratic election before his political career ended with imprisonment for corruption and treason.
Asean News Headlines as at 9pm on Tuesday (Oct 26)
News highlights from Asean countries in the Star-AseanPlus section for Tuesday (Oct 26)
South Korea's former president Roh Tae-woo dies at 88 - hospital
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean former president Roh Tae-woo, a decorated war veteran who played a pivotal but controversial role in the transition to democratic elections from rule by authoritarian leaders, has died, a Seoul hospital confirmed.
S. Korea's top court upholds ex-president Park's 20-year jail term
SEOUL (AFP): South Korea's top court upheld a 20-year prison sentence for disgraced former president Park Geun-hye on Thursday (Jan 14), in the final ruling over the corruption scandal that brought her down.
Lee Kun-hee: 'Hermit King' of the Samsung empire
SEOUL, Oct 25, 2020 (AFP): South Korea's richest and most powerful industrialist, Lee Kun-hee, turned Samsung Electronics into one of the world's biggest tech companies but lived a reclusive existence.
