Court Adds 8 Years to Ex-South Korean Leader Park’s Sentence

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced former South Korean President Park Geun-hye to an additional eight years for abusing state funds and violating election laws.    She now faces the prospect of more than three decades behind bars. She’s already serving a 24-year prison term over a massive corruption scandal that led to her removal from office last year.   Seoul Central District Court on Friday found her guilty of causing substantial losses to state coffers by...

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