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S. KOREA

Ex-president indicted over alleged bribery

South Korea's former president Moon Jae-in, serving as president between 2017 and 2022, was indicted by prosecutors over an alleged bribery charge, local media said on Thursday. According to the prosecution, Moon's former son-in-law, surnamed Seo, had worked for a budget carrier, Thai Eastar Jet, between August 2018 and March 2020 and had been paid about 150 million won ($104,600) in salary and 65 million won in residence benefits. Former lawmaker Lee Sang-jik of the liberal Democratic Party was appointed as chief of the Korea SMEs and Startups Agency before Seo's employment at the airline, established by the lawmaker. Prosecutors saw the payment of Seo's salary and benefits as a bribe to the former president.