Seoul court sentences ex-president Yoon to 2 years’ jail over political funding

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A South Korean ⁠court sentenced former ⁠president Yoon Suk-yeol to two years in prison on Monday after finding him guilty of illegally receiving opinion polling services worth 270 million won (US$179,800) for ‌free from a political broker, local media said.The Seoul Central District Court found Yoon violated political funding laws by receiving 14 rounds of polling from the political broker at no cost and later ⁠exercising influence over the nomination of a former lawmaker to ‌repay him,...