Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country’s Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offences. The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had been out on bail awaiting the
Medical authorities in South Korea, on Monday reported 231 new cases of coronavirus infections, the highest daily increase recorded so far since the beginning of the international pandemic. The city of Daegu in North Gyeongsang province alone recorded 172 new cases. READ ALSO: Covid-19: 52 new cases reported in South Korea Local authorities have so […]