A former South Korean prime minister will be sent to prison after the country’s top court upheld her bribery conviction, court. South Korea’s Supreme Court had rejected the appeal by Han Myung-sook, who was sentenced to two years in prison for taking kickbacks from a businessman in a 2013 ruling by the Seoul High Court. Han has avoided jail since 2013 while she appealed the prison sentence. The court said its ruling is final and Han cannot appeal again. She served as South Korea’s first female prime minister in 2006 and 2007 under late former President Roh Moo-hyun.
Former South Korea PM sentenced to two years
