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Moon Jae-in, her successor, has freed Park from 22-year sentence three months ahead of presidential election
South Korea’s disgraced former president Park Geun-hye has been pardoned by her successor, Moon Jae-in, in a special amnesty that could influence voters in a presidential election that is just three months away.
The most immediate foreign policy danger we face is a potential military conflict on the Korean Peninsula, with nuclear weapons at hand. Unexpectedly, as of this week, there is a real possibility of direct talks in the coming months between the United States and North Korea - perhaps even direct dialogue between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.
Prosecutors are demanding 30 years in prison for former President Park Geun-hye, who was impeached last year following a massive corruption scandal, Yonhap News reports #tictocnews (Source: Bloomberg)
North Korea and the United States traded e... . U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at a military base in Subang, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.
In this April 25, 2014, photo, South Korea's presidential Blue House is seen at rear as the presidential honor guard walks past in Seoul, South Korea. Addressing the nation after taking the oath of office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to eventually move out of the Blue House, where every modern South Korean president has lived and worked since the end of World War II.
The United States will continue to ship to South Korea the remaining elements of a THAAD missile defense battery regardless of the ouster of former President Park Geun-hye, the Department of Defense said Friday. "Leaders change over time, that's not new," Pentagon spokesman Navy Capt.
A protester wearing a mask, attends during a rally calling for impeachment of President Park Geun-hye near the Constitutional Court in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 10, 2017. People gathered Friday ahead of a court ruling on... .
A South Korean co... . Lee Jae-yong, the vice chairman of Samsung Electronics, arrives for a hearing at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Feb. 16, 2017.
South Korean prosecutors investigating the corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye plan to summon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong again as they look into bribery allegations between Park and the country's largest business group. Lee, the billionaire vice chairman of technology giant Samsung Electronics, will be summoned along with two other group officials on Monday morning, said Lee Kyu-chul, the spokesman of the prosecution team.
People march toward the Presidential Blue House during a protest demanding South Korean President Park Geun-hye's resignation in Seoul, South Korea, January 7, 2017. Special prosecutors in South Korea plan to execute a search warrant on President Park Geun-hye's office on Friday, the Yonhap News Agency said, but a presidential Blue House official said they would not be allowed to carry out the search.
South Korean lawmakers earlier on Friday impeached Par... . South Korean President Park Geun-hye attends an emergency Cabinet meeting at the presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Dec. 9, 2016.
A faction of lawmakers in Park Geun-hye's ruling party is calling for her ouster, putting the opposition closer to the numbers needed to impeach South Korea's president over an influence-peddling scandal shaking Asia's fourth-biggest economy. colluded " with former aides in the corruption case.
The Latest on the death of Thailand's King Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, : A public holiday was declared Friday morning after people had already gone to work. The stock market and banks remained open, as did Thai embassies worldwide.
Barack Obama cancelled what would have been his first meeting with Filipino President Rodrigo Duterte. Duterte had publicly described Obama in vulgar terms on Monday.
US President Barack Obama is greeted with an honor guard and red carpet as he arrives aboard Air Force One, ahead of the ASEAN Summit, at Wattay International Airport in Vientiane, Laos September 5, 2016. Photo: Reuters Duterte, a plain-spoken populist known for his colourful remarks and his campaign against illegal drugs in which thousands of people have died, used the term in front of reporters on Monday, a day ahead of the planned meeting in Laos, where Southeast Asian leaders are meeting for annual summits.