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Former President of South Korea Park Geun-hye is sentenced to 24 years in prison and an ￦18 billion fine for bribery, coercion, and abuse of power, among other charges.
2018-04-6

A court in South Korea strikes down a request by prosecutors to issue an arrest warrant for Samsung vice chairman Lee Jae-yong, who is accused of bribery and embezzlement, in connection to a corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-hye.
2017-01-19

South Korean prosecutors raid the presidential Blue House in Seoul amid continuing fallout over President Park Geun-hye's influence-peddling scandal involving cult leader Choi Soon-sil.
2016-10-29

U.S. President Barack Obama chooses a Washington, D.C. lawyer, Clifford Sloan, with experience in all three branches of government to be the U.S. State Department's Special Envoy for closing the military-run prison at the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base.
2013-06-16

South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun-hye, daughter of former president Park Chung-hee, apologises for abuses committed under her father's regime.
2012-09-24

Barack Obama, the President of the United States, begins a three day visit to South Korea amidst rising tension in North Asia about proposed missile tests by North Korea.
2012-03-25

Officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan are to meet in Washington, D.C., to discuss North Korea.
2010-11-30

President of the United States Barack Obama meets President of the Palestinian National Authority Mahmoud Abbas at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States and promises Palestinians $400 million in US assistance for the West Bank and Gaza.
2010-06-9

The "Nuclear Energy for All, Nuclear Weapons for No One" disarmament conference opens in response to President of the United States Barack Obama's conference in Washington, D.C.
2010-04-17

President of the United States Barack Obama meets Taoiseach Brian Cowen at the White House in Washington, D.C., United States.
2010-03-17