the current president moonjae in had previously ruled out a pardon. let s get more details from our correspondent, laura bicker. how big a surprise is this, the president had ruled out a pardon. president had ruled out a ardon. ., president had ruled out a ardon. . , , ., pardon. earlier this year he ruled out pardon. earlier this year he ruled out a pardon. earlier this year he ruled out a pardon - pardon. earlier this year he ruled out a pardon saying l pardon. earlier this year he j ruled out a pardon saying it was premature. remember, this is a liberal president who would be pardoning a conservative, a far right conservative, a far right conservative president. in fact, conservatives in this country see her as their princess. she was gelled back in march 2017 after being impeached and removed from office and she was sentenced to 22 years jailed. the entire scandal ignited protests right across south korea. it s hard to put into words the kind of ire, the anger on the streets
to chronic shoulder and lower back pain. the current president moonjae in had previously ruled out a pardon. a study from the british government offers hope that the omicron variant of coronavirus is less likely to cause severe disease than delta, the previously dominant strain. earlier studies from the uk and south africa also suggest that omicron is causing a more mild version of the disease, although the sheer number of cases could still overwhelm health systems. our medical editor fergus walsh reports. between 30 and 40, these are the ages of some of the people fighting for their lives on a covid ward, not one of them has been vaccinated against covid 19. a powerful illustration of the dangers facing the unvaccinated and the pressure on nhs staff, filmed in the intensive care unit of royal liverpool hospital, where four out of five covid patients are notjabbed.
business, wealthy family owned conglomerates, and the presidential policy were revealed. and when it came to her sentencing, certainly many people felt that it was the right thing to do in the circumstances and it showed that justice circumstances and it showed thatjustice could be served. she was the first president to be impeached in this way and president moonjae in, the current president, ran to office on a kind of ticket of saying he would rule out corruption. that is why it has, such a surprise. i would like to just give you a statement from the blue house, the presidential is, and from president moon that has just been released. he says he hopes to is time for south korea to step forward from the painful past two a new era, we need to gather our strength to courageously meet the future together, ratherthan courageously meet the future together, rather than be buried in the past. there is a note saying that in the case of former president park they have considered her heavy healt
ms park, the country s first female president, was impeached and removed from office in 2017 after widespread public protests over her deals with big korean businesses. she was subsequentlyjailed for 22 years on corruption charges. 0ur south koera correspondent, laura bicker, has more from seoul. this decision has come as a big surprise park geun hye s name was not supposed to be on the pardon list, there wasn t even a hint of her name being on this year s new year pardon list, and here we are. president moonjae in has announced that she will be pardoned. she was serving 22 years, she has served four years of that sentence. but in recent months she s been in ill health, she s been in the hospital a number of times with shoulder pain, even getting a shoulder surgery, and chronic back pain, and there have been widespread rumours about her declining health. in a statement from the presidential palace, it said that this action is being taken to unify the people in these times of covid 19
ecuador is to make the covid i9 vaccine mandatory for most people over the age of five. those with a medical justification will be exempt. the government says it s necessary because of a rise in infections and the spread of variants such as omicron. the country suffered a crippling first wave of the virus in 2020 with dead bodies left on the streets as hospitals and mortuaries were overwhelmed. the former south korean president, park geun hye, who was jailed for 22 years on corruption charges, is to be granted a pardon by the government. miss park was impeached and removed from office in march 2017 after widespread protests in south korea. as laura bicker explains, the current president, moonjae in, had previously ruled out a pardon. earlier this year he ruled out a pardon saying it was premature. remember, this is a liberal president who would be pardoning a conservative, a far right conservative president. in fact, conservatives in this country