South Korea President

• Former South Korea president released from prison after corruption conviction pardoned

  Park Geun-hye had served nearly five years of a 20-year prison sentence over a scandal that also led to the imprisonment of the chiefs of two conglomerates, Samsung and Lotte.

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  Dec 31, 2021
  
• South Korea top court upholds 20-year prison sentence for former president Park

  Park Geun-hye has denied wrongdoing in the corruption charge that led to her downfall in 2017, but several courts have upheld the initial ruling including a retrial last year.

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  Jan 14, 2021
  
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• She was South Korea’s first female president — now she’s sentenced to prison for 24 years

  Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye was formally convicted of an array of corruption charges and sentenced to 24 years in prison on Friday, a year after she was driven from office and arrested over a scandal that saw months of massive street rallies calling for her ouster.

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  Apr 6, 2018
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• South Korea wants to reopen communication with North Korea amid missile crisis

  South Korea said on Wednesday it wanted to reopen communications with North Korea as new President Moon Jae-in seeks a two-track policy.

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  May 16, 2017
• South Koreans vote for new leader after months of political vacuum

  South Koreans go to the polls on Tuesday to elect a new leader, looking to move on from a corruption scandal that brought down former President Park Geun-hye and shook the political and business elite to the core.

  May 8, 2017
• Former South Korea President Park Guen-hye leaves palace after impeachment

  Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye left the presidential palace on Sunday evening, two days after the country's constitutional Court removed her from office over a massive corruption scandal.

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  Mar 12, 2017
• South Korea court officially removes President Park from office over scandal

  In a historic, unanimous ruling Friday, South Korea's constitutional Court formally removed impeached President Park Geun-hye from office over a corruption scandal.

  Money

  Mar 9, 2017
• Former-protesters celebrate as South Korea’s president gets impeached

  Large crowds were expected to gather in South Korea's capital on Saturday to celebrate the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye over an explosive corruption scandal that saw millions protest in previous weeks.

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  Dec 10, 2016
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• South Korean president impeached amid scandal

  South Korean lawmakers on Friday impeached President Park Geun-hye, a stunning and swift fall for the country's first female leader amid protests that drew millions into the streets in united fury.

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  Dec 9, 2016
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• Thousands of protesters expected to demand South Korean president’s resignation

  Tens, and possibly hundreds, of thousands of South Koreans were expected to rally in Seoul on Saturday demanding the ouster of President Park Geun-hye

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  Nov 12, 2016