Profile of former South Korean President Park ahead of court verdict on additional charges
Record ID:
1141711
Profile of former South Korean President Park ahead of court verdict on additional charges
- Title: Profile of former South Korean President Park ahead of court verdict on additional charges
- Date: 18th July 2018
- Summary: VARIOUS OF ANTI-PARK PROTESTERS CHANTING HOLDING POSTERS, FLASHLIGHTS AND ELECTRIC CANDLES IN AIR Opponents of Park rallied in Seoul to demand she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE - MARCH 12, 2017) (REUTERS) SOUTH KOREAN POLICE CAR COMING OUT OF PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE'S GATE / CONVOY, INCLUDING CAR CARRYING PARK, COMING OUT OF GATE
- Embargoed: 1st August 2018 08:35
- Keywords: president politics ousted profile court impeached scandal Park Geun-hye South Korea
- Location: SEOUL /YANGGU, GANGWON PROVINCE / ANSAN / UIWANG/ INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA / AT SEA, OFF COAST OF SOUTH KOREA
- City: SEOUL /YANGGU, GANGWON PROVINCE / ANSAN / UIWANG/ INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA / AT SEA, OFF COAST OF SOUTH KOREA
- Country: South Korea
- Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
- Reuters ID: LVA00S8PAXXZ9
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: South Korean court is set to announce on Friday (July 20) the verdict and sentence for former President Park Geun-hye over charges relating to spy agency bribery and election meddling.
Park became South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over a scandal that landed the heads of two conglomerates in jail and exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country's conglomerates.
In April, the court jailed Park for 24 years and also fined her 18 billion won ($16.9 million) after finding her guilty of charges including bribery, abuse of power and coercion.
Born on February 2, 1952, Park was elected to office as the first female president in 2012.
Park, 66, has denied wrongdoing and has not attended trials since last October. - Copyright Holder: FILE REUTERS (CAN SELL)
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