Seoul, July 27 (IANS) A Seoul court on Monday convicted South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol of election law violations, putting the main opposition party at risk of returning nearly 40 billion won (USD 27.3 million) that was reimbursed in campaign expenses for the 2022 presidential election. The Seoul Central District Court sentenced Yoon to 18 months in prison, suspended for three years, after finding him guilty of making false statements as the People Power Party (PPP)’s presidential …
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Seoul, July 13 (IANS) A Seoul district court on Monday sentenced South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol to two years in prison after finding him partially guilty of accepting illegal political funds in the form of free opinion polls from a self-proclaimed power broker.The Seoul Central District Court convicted the jailed former president on charges of violating the Political Funds Act in a ruling that marked a departure from a separate trial where his wife was acquitted on the same charges…
Seoul, June 22 (IANS) South Korea’s former Justice Minister Park Sung-jae was sentenced to 25 years in prison on Monday after a district court found him guilty of playing a key role in an insurrection through his involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law bid. The Seoul Central District Court handed down the heavy punishment for Park, which surpassed the 20-year prison term sought by special counsel Cho Eun-suk’s team. The court immediately placed Park under custody, citing conc…
Seoul, June 21 (IANS) A Seoul court is set to deliver its verdict this week on South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee, who has been indicted over receiving luxury gifts in exchange for job appointments and business favors. The Seoul Central District Court will hold the sentencing hearing for Kim, the wife of South Korea’s ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, on charges of violating a law on the acceptance of bribes for mediation, at 2 pm Friday, according to judicial sources Sunday.Kim w…
Seoul, June 8 (IANS) A special counsel team in South Korea sought a two-year prison term for former President Yoon Suk Yeol on Monday for violating the election law in the lead-up to his presidential election in 2022. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team made the sentencing recommendation at the Seoul Central District Court during the final hearing of Yoon’s trial on charges of violating the Public Officials Election Act when he was the presidential candidate of the People Power Party (PPP).Yoon …
Seoul, May 16 (IANS) A special counsel team in South Korea has sought a 7.5-year prison term for former first lady Kim Keon Hee during her bribery trial on charges of receiving luxury gifts along with requests for government appointments and other favours. Special counsel Min Joong-ki’s team made the sentencing recommendation for Kim, the wife of former President Yoon Suk Yeol, at the trial’s final hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on Friday for violating a law on the acceptance of bri…
Seoul, May 8 (IANS) The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission of South Korea decided on Friday to request a police investigation into suspicions surrounding its 2024 decision that then first lady Kim Keon Hee’s acceptance of a luxury handbag from a Korean American pastor constituted no violation of the anti-graft law.Kim’s acceptance of a Dior handbag from pastor Choi Jae-young sparked massive criticism and a complaint was filed with the anti-corruption commission that she violated the Imp…
Seoul, April 28 (IANS) An appeals court on Tuesday increased the sentence for South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee from 20 months to four years in prison on corruption charges. The Seoul High Court handed down the sentence during a hearing that was televised live, after finding her partially guilty of involvement in a stock price manipulation scheme and guilty of accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church, Yonhap News Agency reported. It acquitted her, however, of receiving free …
Gwacheon, Feb 25 (IANS) A new special counsel team officially launched on Wednesday to investigate remaining suspicions surrounding ousted former South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, his failed martial law bid and allegations involving his wife.Special counsel Kwon Chang-young has been tasked with reopening investigations into insurrection charges stemming from Yoon’s failed martial law bid, along with corruption allegations tied to former first lady Kim Keon Hee and the 2023 death of a Marine….
Seoul, Feb 2 (IANS) South Korea’s former first lady Kim Keon Hee on Monday appealed against a court ruling sentencing her to 20 months in prison for accepting luxury gifts from the Unification Church. Last Wednesday, the Seoul Central District Court handed down the sentence, making Kim and her husband, ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol, the country’s first former presidential couple to be imprisoned with criminal convictions.The court found Kim guilty of accepting a Chanel bag and a Graff di…