Ex-President Park's confidante's imprisonment suspended
Choi Seo-won (in wheelchair), a confidante of former President Park Geun-hye, leaves a prison in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, central South Korea, on Dec. 26, 2022, after the prosecution suspended her imprisonment for one month due to health reasons. In 2020, Choi was sentenced to 18 years in prison on a string of corruption charges linked to a massive influence-peddling scandal that ultimately led to Park's removal from office in early 2017. (Yonhap)
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