FILE - Lotte group Chairman Shin Dong-bin, center, is questioned by reporters upon arrival for his corruption trial at Seoul Central District Court in Seoul, South Korea, Dec. 22, 2017. South Korea's president will formally pardon Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong, one year after he was released on parole from a prison sentence for bribing former President Park Geun-hye as part of the massive corruption scandal that toppled Park's government, the justice minister announced Friday, Aug. 12, 2022. Shin and two other top business leaders will be pardoned as well, extending South Korea’s history of leniency toward convicted business tycoons and major white-collar crimes. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)