Ex-minister Cho Kuk set free under presidential pardon
Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk (R), former leader of the minor Rebuilding Korea Party, embraces the party's current chief, Kim Sun-min, after being released under a presidential pardon from Seoul Southern Detention Center in the capital on Aug. 15, 2025. Cho served eight months of his two-year prison term for academic fraud involving his children and unlawful interference with a government inspection. (Yonhap)
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