Ex-DP chief Song Young-gil's guilty verdict overturned

The Seoul High Court on Friday overturned an earlier guilty verdict against Song Young-gil, former five-term lawmaker and chair of the Democratic Party, over allegations of receiving illegal political funds and being involved in a bribery scandal during the 2021 Democratic Party convention. Friday's ruling overturned the lower court's January 2025 guilty verdict. Song has been on bail since June last year after serving part of a two-year jail term. Evidence against Song was deemed inadmissible i