South Korea's first woman president loses final appeal against 20-year corruption sentence

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South Korea's top court upholds a 20-year prison sentence for former president Park Geun-hye on the graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and for the first time raising the possibility of a pardon.

South Korea's top court has upheld a 20-year prison sentence for former president Park Geun-hye on graft charges that led to her downfall, bringing an end to the legal process and for the first time raising the possibility of a pardon.She was impeached in 2017 and later jailed, but denies any wrongdoing

The daughter of a military dictator, Park took office in 2013 as South Korea's first woman president. Her case has been heard in different courts, including a retrial in July last year, but the Supreme Court's ruling to uphold a 20-year jail term and a fine of 18 billion won exhausts her legal avenues.

The end of the legal process clears the way for a presidential pardon, which her supporters called for.

 

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It’s a private country. They can do what they like. If you don’t like it, start your own country...

Women can run countries they said, itll be fun they said.

I recall reading her father was a dictator.

anyone can be bribed, if im hungry and you say heres a cheeseburger, tell these lies for me, i know ill be eating a cheeseburger

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