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President Yoon Suk Yeol presides over a Cabinet meeting at the Yongsan presidential office in central Seoul on Tuesday. He granted special pardons to key political and business figures ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Lunar New Year pardon list includes former defense minister, chief of staff

President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday granted special pardons to political figures, including former Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and former presidential Chief of Staff Kim Ki-Choon, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

2024.2.6

Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon, center, speaks to reporters at Gwacheon, Gyeonggi, Wednesday ahead of convening a committee to review special pardon candidates to be recommended to President Yoon Suk Yeol ahead of Liberation Day next week. [YONHAP]

Pardon list excludes figures linked to ousted president

A Ministry of Justice review of candidates for special presidential pardons ahead of Liberation Day on Aug. 15 excluded key political and business figures implicated in a bribery scandal involving former President Park Geun-hye.

2023.8.9

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Former President Lee Myung-bak, left, and former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo

Special pardons granted to Lee Myung-bak, Kim Kyoung-soo, politicians

President Yoon Suk-yeol granted special pardons to politicians along the party lines including former President Lee Myung-bak and former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo Tuesday, ahead of the New Year.

2022.12.27

President Yoon pardons Lee Myung-bak, former South Gyeongsang gov.

President Yoon Suk-yeol granted special pardons to politicians including former President Lee Myung-bak and former South Gyeongsang Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo Tuesday.

2022.12.27

Former President Lee Myung-bak at a court hearing in March 2019. [YONHAP]

Pardon looks likely for ex-President Lee Myung-bak

President Yoon Suk-yeol is considering pardons for political figures including President Lee Myung-bak before the end of this year.

2022.12.11

Minister of Economy and Finance Choo Kyung-ho speaks at a parliamentary finance committee meeting at the National Assembly in western Seoul on Monday. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Talk of presidential pardons for tycoons builds

Granting special pardons to business leaders would help the economy, according to the finance minister.

2022.8.2

Evolution of special pardons (KOR)

If pardon is an exclusive right of the president, the special pardon at the end of the term is the king of all pardons.

2022.5.2

Evolution of special pardons

If pardon is an exclusive right of the president, the special pardon at the end of the term is the king of all pardons.

2022.5.1

President Moon Jae-in, left, speaks to reporters at his final press conference at the Nokjiwon presidential garden in the Blue House in central Seoul Monday afternoon two weeks before the end of his five-year term. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

Moon meets the press for last time as president

In his final press conference Monday, President Moon Jae-in was positive about National Assembly Speaker Park Byeong-seug's compromise deal reached last Friday on a controversial bill that would strip the prosecution of its investigative powers.

2022.4.25

The pardon problem

Talk about a worst-case scenario. In an editorial entitled “A moment of grave danger for U.S. democracy,” published on Jan. 5, the Financial Times wrote, “Extraordinary as it may seem, what amounts to an undeclared coup d’état is...

2021.1.11