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South Korea’s ex-President Moon Jae-in indicted for bribery

South Korean President Moon Jae-in delivers a speech during a ceremony to mark the Korean Memorial Day at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, on June 6, 2019 [AFP]

South Korea’s former President Moon Jae-in has been indicted on bribery charges, prosecutors have said.

Moon, who led South Korea from 2017 to 2022 under the banner of the centre-left Democratic Party, is alleged to have appointed a former lawmaker to a government-funded nonprofit agency in exchange for his then son-in-law being employed at a Thailand-based airline, Jeonju District Prosecutors’ Office said in a statement on Thursday.

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