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North & South Korea To Restore Communication Lines To Enhance Ties
Following multiple letter exchanges in April, South Korea's President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un have agreed to enhance ties by resuming the suspended communication lines. "We urge North Korea to restore the inter-Korean communication lines", a South Korean Ministry official said last month. Last year the North blew up an inter-Korean liaison office over anti-Pyongyang pamphlets from the South and vowed to cut all… read-more
Tags: South Korean President, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, communication lines, Letter
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South Korea: Former President Gets 17-year Jail Term For Bribery
Against the charges of bribery during the office-term, former South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak has been given a 17-year imprisonment. Ending Lee's bail, the country's Supreme Court upheld that 78-year-old Lee had taken a bribe of around $8.2 million. He was the President of South Korea from 2008 to 2013. Interestingly, the country's all four living former Presidents are either in jail or have been in Jail due to political rivalries.
Tags: South Korea, corruption, World news, South Korean President
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