In South Korea, Confidante of Ousted President Gets 3 Years in Prison Choi Soon-sil, a secretive adviser to former President Park Geun-hye, was sentenced on charges of abusing her influence to get her daughter into a prestigious university. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Uri Avnery, Israeli Journalist and Peace Activist, Is Dead at 94Trump, Asia Argento, Elon Musk: Your Monday Evening BriefingImran Khan Takes Oath in Pakistan, a Nation Divided and in DebtMeasles in Europe, Recently at Record Low, Jumps to Highest Level Since ’90s‘A Wound to the Heart of Genoa’: Italy Buries Victims of Bridge CollapseU.S. Criticism of ‘Suspected’ Nuclear Sites May Derail Talks, North Korean Media Warns