South Korea's ex-President Park Geun Hye gets another 8 years in prison

A South Korean court on Friday sentenced impeached former President Park Geun Hye to a total of eight years in prison on top of the 24 years she already faces, in a verdict that found her guilty of accepting slush funds from the nation's intelligence agency and interfering in an election.Separately, prosecutors sought 30 years in prison and a fine of 118.5 billion won ($104.3 million) for the former president as proceedings in an appeals trial for her graft case concluded the same day.Friday's Seoul Central District Court ruling consists of six-year imprisonment and 3.3 billion won in penal…READ FULL ARTICLE