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S. Korea's top court upholds 17-year jail term on ex-leader

by Hyung-Jin Kim
| October 28, 2020 9:09 PM

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s top court upheld a 17-year sentence imposed on former President Lee Myung-bak for a range of corruption crimes in a final ruling Thursday that will send him back to prison.

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