U.S. President Joe Biden will visit South Korea and Japan from May 20 to May 24, which will be his first trip to Asia as president.
When the visit was still in the planning stage, five South Korean lobby groups called for a presidential pardon to be issued to Samsung Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong.
They believe that South Korea is in a difficult economic situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, combined with U.S.–China tensions and the Russia–Ukraine conflict. South Korea now needs capable entrepreneurs to help overcome the country’s economic crisis and ensure the country’s future competitiveness, so it is necessary to grant an amnesty to those influential entrepreneurs who are currently in jail, the groups said.
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