Topic: Park Geun-hye

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and seveeral high-profile politicians and former officials convicted of corruption and other irregularities.

The South Korean government will grant a special presidential pardon to Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of Samsung, it announced Friday in a move that officials said was intended to help spur the economy.

South Korea's conglomerates have announced plans to invest billions of dollars over the next five years as new President Yoon Suk-yeol takes office.

Park Geun-hye, the former convicted president currently serving a 22-year prison term for corruption, was included among beneficiaries of President Moon Jae-in's amnesty for the new year, the government announced.

On December 19, 2016, a failed Tunisian asylum seeker drove a truck into a group of people at a Christmas market in Berlin, killing 12.

A Seoul court convicted and fined Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong for illegal use of the sedative propofol.

Samsung announced this week that it will invest $205 billion over the next three years in semiconductors, artificial intelligence and other areas.

Lee Jae-yong, the de facto leader of South Korean electronics giant Samsung, was released from prison on parole Friday after serving around 18 months of a 30-month sentence for embezzlement and bribery.

South Korea said no tampering of evidence, including of surveillance camera footage, occurred relating to the 2014 sinking of the ferry Sewol.

The ability of Samsung Group's de facto chief executive to fulfill his role as leader could be limited after he is released on parole Friday.