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South Korean ex-president Lee ordered back to prison for 17 years
Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak was ordered back to prison Thursday as the country's Supreme Court upheld a 17-year jail term for bribery and embezzlement offenses.
The conservative Lee, who served as president from 2008 to 2013, had been out on bail awaiting the ruling and was not in court for the decision, but police were seen at his Seoul home to take him away, according to reports.
The ruling is not subject to further appeal and at age 78 means Lee is likely to die in prison unless he receives a presidential pardon.
All four of South Korea's living former presidents are either behind bars or have served jail terms -- often as a result of investigations begun under successors who are political rivals.
Lee was first convicted of embezzlement and accepting bribes in late 2018 and jailed. An appeals court later increased his sentence to 17 years but granted him bail pending a further appeal to the nation's highest court.
The Supreme Court on Thursday upheld his conviction for embezzling 25.2 billion won ($22 million) and accepting bribes totalling 9.4 billion won, as well as the 17-year sentence.
Lee is also subject to a 13-billion-won fine and must forfeit assets of 5.7 billion won.
"There was no legal fallacy in the appellate court's ruling on bribery and embezzlement," the Supreme Court said in a statement.
Lee's conservative successor Park Geun-hye is currently serving 20 years in jail for bribery and abuse of power after being ousted in 2017 over a corruption scandal that prompted massive street protests.
Another former leader, the liberal Roh Moo-hyun, took his own life after being questioned in a corruption probe involving his family -- an inquiry that took place during Lee's presidency.
Roh was the political mentor of incumbent President Moon Jae-in, who served in the Blue House throughout Roh's presidency, including a year as his chief of staff.
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Honda to quit F1 to focus on zero-emission technology
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October 02,2020
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TOKYO, Oct 2 (Reuters) - Japan's Honda Motor will end its participation as an engine supplier in the FIA Formula One World Championship at the end of the 2021 season to focus on zero-emission technology, it said on Friday.
The decision was made at the end of September and the company does not intend to return to F1, Chief Executive Takahiro Hachigo said in an online news conference.
"This is not a result of the coronavirus pandemic but because of our longer-term carbon-free goal," he said.
Honda, which returned to F1 in 2015 in partnership with the Red Bull Racing team, will instead accelerate development of zero-emission technologies such as fuel cells and batteries.
"We understand how difficult it has been for Honda Motor Company to reach the decision. We understand and respect the reasoning behind this," Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner said in a statement. (Reporting by Tim Kelly and Chris Gallagher Editing by David Goodman)
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China places greater emphasis on Japan to avoid pressure
China is becoming increasingly wary of the four countries - Japan, the United States, Australia and India - strengthening their ties through the latest foreign ministers' meeting, according to a report by Beijing-based Shohei Mitsuka. This is because it could lead to a strengthening of the "China encirclement" called for by the Trump administration as relations with each of the three countries, except Japan, deteriorate after the spread of the new coronavirus. China is increasingly opposed to the U.S. and other countries, but it is taking a different approach to avoid pressure, such as by taking a closer stance toward Japan.
On April 6, the Hong Kong Economic Daily (electronic version) reported that the meeting "is expected to show unity in the four-nation security dialogue amid China's clashes with all of the United States, India, and Australia. There has been no official reaction to the meeting, partly because it is in the middle of the National Day holiday weekend, but it is clear that China is closely monitoring the meeting, as it has hinted in advance that it should be framed in a way that would not be detrimental to a third country.
China is currently at odds not only with the United States, but also with India and Australia. With India, the militaries of the two countries clashed in Ladakh in the northern Indian state of Kashmir, where the line of effective control between China and India runs through. China's demand for an independent investigation into the outbreak of the new corona has been met with a fierce response from Australia, and the situation with Australia remains uncertain as to how to ease tensions.
China is concerned about the expansion of the U.S.-Japan-Australia-India framework. If Vietnam, New Zealand, and other countries join, the U.S. will be forced to contain China. In order to avoid this, it is believed that China wants to stabilize its relations with Japan.
When Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga took office in September, China sent a congratulatory telegram in the name of President Xi Jinping rather than the name of the prime minister, which had been the customary practice, and has taken a stance of attaching importance to Japan. Diplomatic sources in Japan and China have pointed out that it is not in China's best interest to extend the confrontation to Japan and that it is trying to close the distance between Japan and China.
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