The Seoul High Court on the afternoon of the 7th acquitted former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on appeal of charges under the Political Funds Act. Prosecutors had alleged Yoon and his wife Kim Keon-hee accepted 58 free opinion polls from a political broker between June 2021 and March 2022 worth about 270 million won, and contended the polls were manipulated to favor Yoon and that Yoon negotiated survey methodology. Prosecutors argued the conduct damaged democratic institutions and the tr

The Seoul High Court on the afternoon of the 7th acquitted former South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol on appeal of charges under the Political Funds Act. Prosecutors had alleged Yoon and his wife Kim Keon-hee accepted 58 free opinion polls from a political broker between June 2021 and March 2022 worth about 270 million won, and contended the polls were manipulated to favor Yoon and that Yoon negotiated survey methodology. Prosecutors argued the conduct damaged democratic institutions and the transparency of party candidate selection.