Sgt4succsess SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM South Korea’s jailed ex-president Lee gets presidential pardon South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeok issues pardons for more than 1,300 people in bid for ‘national unity.’ ADVERTISEMENT South Korea’s former President Lee Myung-bak has received a presidential pardon, cutting short his 17-year prison sentence for corruption. ADVERTISEMENT South Korean President Yoon Seok-yeol issued the pardon for Lee on Tuesday as part of mass pardons that are common in the East Asian country around national holidays. ADVERTISEMENT South Korean Justice Minister Han Dong-hoon told reporters that Yoon, a former chief prosecutor, had issued pardons for more than 1,300 people to foster “national unity through reconciliation, tolerance and consideration”. ADVERTISEMENT Yoon had earlier this year expressed reservations about Lee staying in