Cho Kuk
Cho Kuk is a former South Korean justice minister and legal academic who was once considered a rising political star. He served as the justice minister in 2019 but became embroiled in a major academic fraud scandal involving his children's college admissions. Convicted for forging documents and other offenses, he was sentenced to prison but was recently pardoned after serving less than half of his sentence.
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Ireland:
Those who received pardons include left-wing firebrand Cho Kuk, who was convicted of intervening in a university admissions process.
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Japan:
Cho Kuk is mentioned in relation to a pardon decision in South Korea.
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Kenya:
Cho Kuk was a former justice minister who was pardoned after serving less than half of his sentence for academic fraud related to his children's college admissions.
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