Ex-vice governor close to opposition leader gets 9 1/2-yr sentence

Kim Hyun-cheol (R), a lawyer for former Gyeonggi Vice Gov. Lee Hwa-young, responds to reporters' inquiries at the Suwon District Court in Suwon, 30 kilometers south of Seoul, on June 7, 2024, after the court sentenced Lee to 9 1/2 years in prison on multiple charges, including collusion in an underwear maker's illegal remittance to North Korea a few years ago. The court found Lee, an associate of Lee Jae-myung, then Gyeonggi governor and now the leader of the main opposition Democratic Party, guilty of colluding in Ssangbangwool Group's transfer of US$8 million to North Korea between 2019 and 2020 for the governor's unrealized visit to North Korea. (Yonhap)

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