SKorea's top court upholds jail term for MP over bribes

2 weeks ago

South Korea's top court on Thursday upheld a prominent MP's two-year jail term for taking bribes from the Unification Church, effectively stripping him of his parliamentary seat. Kweon Seong-dong, a five-term lawmaker from the opposition People Power Party (PPP), was sentenced to two years in prison by a lower court for accepting 100 million won ($67,400) in illegal political funds in