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Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong arrives at the Seoul High Court in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, Jan. 18, 2021. South Korean court sentences Lee to 2 and a half years in prison over corruption case. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

SKorean court gives Samsung scion prison term over bribery

By Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2014, file photo, Park Won-soon, then candidate for Seoul city mayor of the main opposition party New Politics Alliance for Democracy celebrates his victory in the Seoul mayoral election at his office in Seoul, South Korea. Police say on Thursday, July 9, 2020, Park, the current mayor of South Korean capital Seoul, has been reported missing and search operations are underway.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Late Seoul mayor was outspoken liberal who eyed presidency

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Seoul Mayor Park Won-soon speaks during a press conference at Seoul City Hall in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, July 8, 2020. Police on Thursday, July 9, said the mayor of South Korean capital Seoul has been reported missing and search operations are underway. (Cheon Jin-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Park Won-soon, Seoul mayor found dead, faced sexual harassment scandal, reports say

By Lauren Toms, Guy Taylor and Lauren Meier - The Washington Times

South Korean Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Kim Myeong-su, top center, sits with other justices upon their arrival at the Supreme Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019. South Korea's top court on Thursday sent back jailed ex-President Park Geun-hye's corruption case to a lower court for separate trials for her previously convicted charges, a ruling that could increase her already-lengthy prison term. (Yonhap via AP)

S. Korean court sends Park, Samsung heir cases to new trials

By HYUNG-JIN KIM and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, arrives to attend a hearing on the extension of her detention at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea. Prosecutors on Wednesday, April 17, 2019, said imprisoned Park requested a temporarily release so she can be treated for health problems her lawyer says are causing &quot;burning&quot; and &quot;cutting&quot; pain. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Jailed ex-SKorean president requests temporarily release

By TONG-HYUNG KIM - Associated Press

In this Aug. 7, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye, left, arrives for her trial at the Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, Monday, Aug. 7, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Park Geun-hye, ex-South Korean leader, gets 24-year prison term

By Hyung-jin Kim and Kim Tong-hyung - Associated Press

Former presidential chief of staff Kim Ki-choon, center, arrives at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, July 27, 2017. A South Korean court has sentenced the former presidential chief of staff and the former culture minister to prison for blacklisting thousands of artists deemed unfriendly to ousted president Park Geun-hye and denying them state support. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Ex-Park aide, culture minister guilty for artist blacklist

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Moon Jae-in

Moon Jae-in, South Korea’s new president, faces U.S. diplomatic test

By David R. Sands - The Washington Times

South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae-in of the Democratic Party gives his supporters a thumbs-up sign upon his arrival at an election campaign in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, May 8, 2017. Two months after booting their sitting president over corruption allegations, South Koreans will select a new leader Tuesday after weeks of heated debate. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

The Latest: Moon receives military briefing on North Korea

Associated Press

FILE - In this Sunday, April 30, 2017 file photo, Ahn Cheol-soo, center, presidential candidate of South Korea's People's Party, is greeted by his supporters during a presidential election campaign in Goyang, South Korea. For South Koreans living next door to a hostile, nuclear-armed state that regularly threatens their annihilation, their vote in Tuesday’s presidential election likely will be based in part on each candidate’s plan for how to handle North Korea. The North Korea conundrum is a perpetual foreign policy headache for South Korea’s leaders and one that is impacting the presidential race in several ways. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Next South Korean president likely to ease stance on North

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press