Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye has expressed gratitude for her pardon to President Moon Jae-in shortly after the announcement of the latter s decision to grant a special pardon to her, her lawyer said on Friday.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in has pardoned former President Park
Geun-hye, who was serving a 22-year prison sentence for a vast
corruption scandal linked to the county's hosting of the Pyeongchang
2018 Winter Olympic Games.
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President Moon Jae-in, who was elected after Park’s impeachment in 2017, said the pardon was being issued to “stop fighting buried in the past” and to shore up “national unity” in the face of challenges ahead.