Park’s scandal exposed shady links between big businesses and politics in South Korea.
Thursday’s ruling came after an appeals court reduced Park’s sentence by one year to five years in prison in proceedings for pocketing money from the National Intelligence Service. Her corruption scandal exposed shady links between big businesses and politics in South Korea, with Park and her close friend Choi Soon-sil accused of taking bribes from conglomerates, including Samsung Electronics, in exchange for preferential treatment.
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