Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute: On Park Geun-hye's corruption conviction
South Korea's former president Park Geun-hye has been jailed for 24 years following a long-running corruption scandal which led to her impeachment in March 2017. The saga provoked huge street protests, and embroiled some of South Korea's biggest companies such as Samsung.
As well as facing a lengthy prison sentence, Park Geun-hye has been fined $17 million. She wasn't in court as the verdict was announced. David Cann from the Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ's Korea Service tells Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute the case has been hugely divisive in the country.
(Photo: Park Geun-hye arrives at court in Seoul to attend a hearing in her corruption trial, May 25 2017; Credit: Song Kyung-Seok-Pool/Getty Images)
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