South Korea's ex-president Park Geun-hye has received a pardon, cutting short a jail term of more than 20 years for corruption, the justice minister announced Friday, saying the reprieve was in the interests of national unity.
Park became South Korea's first woman president in 2013, casting herself in the role of the daughter of the nation, incorruptible and beholden to none.
The 69-year-old was serving a 20-year prison sentence for bribery and abuse of power, with another two years after that for election law violations. The resulting public backlash against Park and her conservative party helped propel the left-leaning Moon Jae-in into power.In January, when the end of Park's trial process made her legally eligible for a pardon, Moon's office had said it was "not appropriate" to discuss amnesty at the time.
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