Park Geun-hye discharged from hospital: She made her first appearance after being pardoned, visited her parents’ cemetery before returning home
2022-03-24 08:52:34Source: Overseas Network
Park Geun-hye walks out of the hospital
According to Yonhap News Agency, on the morning of the 24th local time, 71-year-old former South Korean President Park Geun-hye ended a four-month treatment and was officially discharged from the hospital. This is her first public appearance since she was pardoned at the end of last year (2021).
Park Geun-hye and her father Park Chung-hee
Lawyer Ryu Rongxia said on the 23rd that after Park Geun-hye was discharged from the hospital, she would have a brief chat with the public. Afterwards, I went to Seoul National Hyeonchungwon to pay homage to my parents’ cemetery. Afterwards, we drove straight to our newly purchased villa in my hometown of Daegu. When she arrives at her new home, she will greet the people again. Park Geun-hye’s mother, Nok Young-soo, was assassinated in 1974, and Park Chung-hee, the former president’s father, was assassinated in 1979.
Park Geun-hye’s retirement home
Park Geun-hye was detained in March 2017 for being involved in the “confidential interference in politics” case and was imprisoned for 4 years and 9 months, even exceeding the 4 years and 1 month she served as president, becoming South Korea’s longest-serving former president.
Park Geun-hye’s release, supporters celebrate by setting off firecrackers outside the hospital
On December 31, 2021, Park Geun-hye was pardoned by South Korean President Moon Jae-in and released from prison. But she has been being treated at Samsung Seoul Hospital and has not been seen publicly.
Park Geun-hye’s new home filled with garlands
Korean media said that before being released from prison, Park Geun-hye’s health deteriorated. In addition to chronic diseases such as shoulder and lumbar spine diseases, she could not chew food, and could only drink porridge or fried noodles. Now after 4 months of treatment, she is recovering well, and the hospital recommends that she be discharged.