The ruling People Power Party (PPP) will propose a bill to prevent other countries potential manipulation of online opinions here, following a questionable online event result which it suspects shows China s attempts to influence public opinion here.
President Yoon Suk-yeol has granted a special pardon to former conservative President Lee Myung-bak, former liberal South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo and several other political heavyweights for the sake of “national unity.”
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President Yoon Suk-yeol is pondering over a list of people to be pardoned. Among others, Yoon was recommended to pardon former President Lee Myung-bak and former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo. Unlike Lee who was recommended to be pardoned along with reinstatement, if the justice ministry committee s decision is accepted, Kim will be released on parole.
President Yoon Suk-yeol has been mulling whether to include former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo in a list of people to be pardoned.