South Korea’s first woman PM jailed for illegal funding

Han Myeong-Sook. -AFP filepic

SEOUL: South Korea’s first female prime minister was headed for jail Thursday after the Supreme Court upheld a conviction and two-year prison sentence for accepting illicit political funds.

Now 71, Han Myeong-Sook served one year as prime minister from April 2006 under the administration of then-president Roh Moo-Hyun.

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