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South Korea’s top court has set aside part of jailed former President Park Geun-hye’s conviction and ordered a retrial.
The court said separate verdicts should have been reached on the bribery allegations against her and sent the case back to a lower court.
Park was convicted in 2018 of bribery and abuse of power and given 25 years.
The Supreme Court also ordered a retrial for Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong on bribery charges in the same scandal. Read more