Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong has been freed from jail after a South Korean court suspended his five year jail term for bribing the country’s ex-president. An appeals court upheld parts of the conviction, but used its discretion to release the executive. South Korea’s supreme court is expected to appeal against the decision. The case gripped … Read more
A top aide close to South Korea’s disgraced former president was sentenced to three years Thursday for blacklisting nearly 10,000 artists seen as critical of Park Geun-Hye’s government. The ruling is seen as a blow to ex-leader Park, who has been separately standing trial after being impeached in March and indicted on 18 charges including … Read more
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-Hye on Wednesday again refused to testify in the corruption trial of the heir to the Samsung business empire, citing poor health. For the second time in a fortnight Park rejected a court order to give evidence in the case of Lee Jae-Yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics. Lee … Read more
The woman at the centre of South Korea’s corruption scandal, Choi Soon-Sil, was handed a three year jail term Friday for bribery in the first of a string of criminal cases against her. A long-time friend of South Korea’s disgraced ex-president, Choi was found guilty of bribing professors to have her daughter admitted to Seoul’s … Read more
A top South Korean business tycoon on Thursday in court backed prosecutors allegations that the ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye solicited bribes from businesses in return for policy favours. Chey Tae-Won, chairman of SK, the country’s second largest conglomerate after Samsung, became the first business mogul who took the stand at what is being … Read more
The daughter of South Korea’s “Rasputin”, whose lavish lifestyle in Europe saw her caught up in the country’s snowballing influence-peddling scandal, was freed Saturday after being extradited from Denmark. Chung Yoo-Ra is the equestrian daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the close confidante of impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye and the woman at the heart of the scandal … Read more
The equestrian daughter of South Korea’s ‘Rasputin’, whose lavish lifestyle in Europe was allegedly funded by millions of dollars in bribes, returned home today to face questioning. Chung Yoo-Ra is the daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the close confidante of impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye and the woman at the heart of the scandal which toppled Park. … Read more
The equestrian daughter of South Korea’s “Rasputin”, whose lavish lifestyle in Europe was allegedly funded by millions of dollars in bribes, returned home Wednesday to face questioning by prosecutors. Chung Yoo-Ra, 20, is the daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the close confidante of impeached ex-president Park Geun-Hye. Choi — dubbed “Rasputin” for her strong influence over … Read more
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea’s president was arrested by prosecutors on a plane bound for Seoul, reports said Wednesday. Chung Yoo-Ra, 20, was arrested immediately after boarding a Korean Air flight from Amsterdam to Incheon early Wednesday morning after being … Read more
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the ousting of South Korea’s president will return home Wednesday from Denmark, officials said. Chung Yoo-Ra, 20, will be “immediately put into custody” when she arrives at Incheon airport after being extradited from Denmark, a justice ministry spokesman said. The … Read more
The daughter of the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s ousted president has cancelled her appeal against extradition, a Danish court said Wednesday. Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea’s “Rasputin”, is one of the figures in the influence-peddling scandal that … Read more
South Korea’s former President Park Geun-hye has pleaded not guilty at her trial for corruption, the latest stage in her dramatic fall from grace. In her first appearance in public since her arrest in March, she arrived at court handcuffed in a prison van. The maximum sentence for corruption in South Korea is life. Ms … Read more
South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye was due in court Tuesday to face trial over the massive corruption scandal that led to her stunning downfall. The fallen head of state will be taken from the detention centre where she is being held to Seoul Central District Court, for the opening of the final act in … Read more
Two plastic surgeons who treated ousted South Korean president Park Geun-Hye — including one who injected her with human placenta extracts — and three other people were convicted Thursday in connection with the scandal that brought her down. The guilty verdicts are the first in the wide-ranging scandal that embroiled the country for months and … Read more
South Korean voters have overwhelmingly chosen the liberal candidate Moon Jae-in as their next president, an exit poll suggests. It put Mr Moon on 41.4%, with his nearest challenger, conservative Hong Joon-Pyo, on 23.3%. Mr Moon favours greater dialogue with North Korea, in a change to current South Korean policy. The early election was called … Read more
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Liberal Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants … Read more
South Koreans are voting in a presidential election, called early after a huge corruption scandal brought down their former leader. Left-leaning Moon Jae-in is the clear front-runner with centrist Ahn Cheol-soo his nearest challenger. The election is being closely watched at a time of economic uncertainty and heightened tensions with North Korea. Mr Moon wants … Read more
Lawyers for ousted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye denied all the charges against her at a hearing Tuesday before she goes on trial. Park, 65, was sacked by the country’s top court in March over a wide-ranging corruption scandal and has been held in custody for more than a month. She faces 18 criminal counts … Read more
The daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president, appeared in a Danish district court Wednesday to fight her extradition to Seoul. Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea’s “Rasputin”, is one of the figures in the … Read more
South Korean prosecutors Friday accused the heir to the Samsung business empire of embezzling funds, committing perjury and playing a key role in a corruption scandal that led to the ouster of former President Park Geun-Hye. A bound and handcuffed Lee Jae-Yong, the vice-chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrived at the Seoul Central District Court as … Read more