Wife of former Justice Minister Cho Kuk to be released on parole next week
Former Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife Chung Kyung-sim, center, leaves the Seoul Central District Court, Nov. 18, 2022. YonhapFormer Justice Minister Cho Kuk's wife will be released on parole next week ahead of the Chuseok holidays after serving one third of her four-year prison term for her involvement in document forgery related to her daughter's college admission, legal sources said Wednesday.The parole review committee under the justice ministry convened on the day and determined Cho's wife, Chung Kyung-sim, is eligible for special parole on the occasion of Chuseok, the Korean equivalent of Thanksgiving, according to the sources. She will be discharged from prison next Wednesday ahead of the holiday, which runs from Sept. 28 to Oct. 1, they said.Chung, a former professor at Dongyang University, was sentenced to four years in prison by the Supreme Court in January last year for forging her daughter Cho Min's academic credentials for admission to the Pusan National University medical school in Busan. Cho Kuk resigned as justice minister in October 2019, just one month after his app
Sep 20, 2023