S Korea court upholds 20-year jail term for ex-president Park January 13, 2021 at 05:24PM

Park Geun-hye, the daughter of slain military dictator Park Chung-hee, was convicted of colluding with her longtime confidante, Choi Soon-sil, to take millions of dollars in bribes and extortion from some of the country's largest business groups, including Samsung, while she was in office from 2013 to 2016.