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South Korean ruling party MP attacked in street
A South Korean ruling party lawmaker was struck on the head with a rock on a street in Seoul's upscale Gangnam district on Thursday by an unidentified assailant, Yonhap news agency reported.
Bae Hyun-jin, 40, was taken to hospital, the report said, adding her condition was "not life threatening".
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South Korean Court Sentences President Park to Another Eight Years in Jail
SEOUL (Reuters) - A South Korean court sentenced former president Park Geun-hye to eight more years in prison on Friday after finding her guilty on charges of causing loss of government funds and interfering in a 2016 parliamentary election.
Ex S Korean leader Park gets 24-year prison term
Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted and sentenced to 24 years in prison on April 6, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a corruption scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster.
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S. Korea Ex-president Park Jailed for 24 Years over Corruption Scandal
By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE, SEOUL, South Korea, Apr 6 - South Korea's disgraced former president Park Geun-hye was jailed for 24 years Friday for corruption, closing out a dramatic fall from grace for the country's first woman leader who became a figure of public fury and ridicule.
Ousted Korean leader Park faces 30 years
South Korean prosecutors on Feb.27 sought a 30-year jail term for former President Park Geun-hye who was ousted last year amid an influence-peddling scandal that rocked the country’s business and political elite.
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S. Korea’s Park ‘took money from spy agency’: Reports
Ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye is to be charged with accepting millions of dollars’ worth of bribes from the state spy agency, news reports said Jan. 4.
Jailed Samsung heir appeals against conviction
Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Jay Y. Lee has filed an appeal against the five-year jail term he was given for bribery and other charges through his lawyer, according to the Seoul Central District Court's website on Aug. 28.
The website did not give any details about the appeal, which will be assigned to a higher court.
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Samsung heir given 5-year jail sentence for bribery
The billionaire head of South Korea's Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, was jailed for five years for bribery on Aug. 25 in a watershed for the country's decades-long economic order dominated by powerful, family-run conglomerates.
Samsung Leader Jay Y. Lee Given 5-year Jail Sentence For Bribery
The billionaire head of South Korea's Samsung Group, Jay Y. Lee, was jailed for five years for bribery on Friday after a six-month trial over a scandal that brought down the president, reported Reuters.
South Korea to build 'comfort women' museum in Seoul
South Korea intends to build a museum in memory of wartime sex slaves for Japanese troops, a government minister said Monday, re-igniting a perennial diplomatic thorn in the two neighbors' sides.