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Former S Korean President Park, jailed for corruption, pardoned

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Park was arrested and sent to prison in 2017, after being removed from office following a corruption scandal that prompted months of massive street protests.

The South Korean government can expect massive street protests once again..... Koreans hate corruption from within the government and Park Geun-hye is still a very loathed figure.

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Yea, but she was better than Moon.

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Great news. Now perhaps Myanmar might take note of this compassionate move and consider something similar.

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Among the main charges she faced was collusion with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion money from some of the country’s largest business groups, including Samsung, while she was in office.

There are many things to admire about Korean and it's people. Imagine if others countries went after the corruption of even their most powerful figures with such gusto.

Looking at Japan and the US in particular.

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Moon seems to have started preparing for himself

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Nice lady

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Bad news!

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Every President of South Korea gets jailed when their term ends. Moon will be jailed within 1-2 years, without a doubt.

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what exactly did she do ?

how much money did she corrupt ?

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Only 4 years out of the 22years imprisonment. How democracy has failed . Ain't surprise considered this is the same administration that heavily try to gain NK favor these last few years and doesn't dare to say anything negative about the winter olympic nor about HK or Taiwan.

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Former S Korean President Park, jailed for corruption, pardoned:

One cannot be too sure how the pardoning of the ex-president can promote unity in the nation.

It does not matter, if the nation wants to look for a reason, any reason will do..

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One prison vacancy is now available for the outgoing president Moon :)

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Loser woman who refused Japan aide to save ferry victims to keep her anti-Japan dignity intact and ran the government by orders from a friend of hers that wasn't a politician. I am not sure why people here have compassion for this despicable human being.

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Sure, pardon a criminal who betrayed the trust of an entire nation. The logic that it should bring peace and unity is flawless. /s

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The whole political system there is a corrupt joke.

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There are many things to admire about Korean and it's people. Imagine if others countries went after the corruption of even their most powerful figures with such gusto.

Looking at Japan and the US in particular.

You know there are people out there whose job it is to study and evaluate corruption. Transparency International is one of them. According to their 2020 report:

Japan is ranked 19

USA is ranked 25

South Korea is ranked 33

NZ/Denmark are ranked 1

The higher the better. It seems SK is just as bad as we see it here, in this particular case.

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Oh look at that dear S. Korea.

Is this what you call Justice?

Koreans bash Japan justice system while, glorifying their own as so much better. This is how you do it? Giving a pass? You said Park was so corrupt, bad, and evil. Millions of Koreans protested in the streets.... remember that? Such a 180 move. What's real and what's fake. You never know with S.Korea.

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NZ/Denmark are ranked 1

I would agree about those Number 1 rankings.

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So this is the greatest Korean separation of powers. Is it?

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You know there are people out there whose job it is to study and evaluate corruption. Transparency International is one of them. According to their 2020 report:

Interesting list. I notice that the top 20 countries are parliamentary democracies and not presidential democracies. Is there any significance in that? I.e. is it harder to hide corruption in a parliamentary system?

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OssanAmericaToday  11:25 am JST

Yea, but she was better than Moon.

No she wasn't. Were you there to see the influence she had on Korean society?

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Jailed, assassinated, suicide, South Korean Presidents, any one of them must chose one of those FATE in it's history and nothing could explain how it has been like this.

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