see her as their princess. she was jailed back in march 2017 after being impeached and removed from office and she was sentenced to 22 years. 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 as the links between big business, wealthy family owned conglomerates and the presidential palace 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 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 the kind of ticket of saying he would rule out corruption.
and it showed that justice 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 the kind of ticket of saying he would rule out corruption. so that is why it has come as such a surprise. but i would like to just give you a statement from the blue house, from the presidential palace, and from president moon, which has just been released. he says he hopes it is time for south korea to step forward from the painful past to a new era, we need to gather our strengths to courageously face the future together, rather than fighting by being buried in the past. there is a note saying that, in the case of former president park, they have considered her heavy health decline caused by almost five years in prison. she is said to be in rather ill health. yeah, obviously, health playing a big part. you have talked about the process and the controversy about this over the years i know this has happened p
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 see her as their princess. she was jailed back in march 2017 after being impeached and removed from office and she was sentenced to 22 years. 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 as the links between big business, wealthy family owned conglomerates and the presidential palace were revealed. and when it came to her sentencing, certainly, many people felt that it was the right thing to do in the circumstances,
that we are seeing on social media here in south korea has perhaps not been anticipated by the blue house. president park geun hye was impeached back in march 2017, and then she was tried for corruption and bribery, where she was sentenced to 22 years. but the impeachment saw millions of south koreans coming out onto the streets for several weeks, it was called the candlelight vigils. so, there was a strong feeling that this.. she came to represent the link between big business, big wealthy conglomerates, family run businesses, and the presidential palace. president moonjae in, the current president, ran for office on the basis of rooting out that corruption, so that s one of the reasons why this has come as such a surprise. we are also in the middle of a presidential election here in south korea, and both candidates are being asked about it.
we will strongly protest and condemn the launches. we will do our utmost to analyse the information and provided to people swiftly and accurately. just a few hours later, south korea conducted its own test, a planned launch of a ballistic missile from a submarine. president moonjae in, who attended the test, said south korea now had sufficient deterrence to respond to north korea s provocations at any time , urging the south to continue increasing its weapons programmes to overwhelm north korea s asymmetric power . here s the view of one expert. it s extraordinary timing that you have not one but two koreas testing ballistic missiles on the same day. it does speak to the fact that there s an arms race in this region that everyone needs to pay attention to. and people are paying attention. china is north korea s closest ally. earlier on wednesday, china s foreign minister held talks