Thu May 01 06:30:00 UTC 2025: ## Supreme Court Overturns Acquittal of Lee Jae-myung in Speedy Appeal
**SEOUL, May 1, 2025** – In a swift decision, the Supreme Court of South Korea overturned a lower court’s acquittal of Lee Jae-myung on charges of violating the Public Office Election Act. The ruling, handed down just 36 days after the second trial’s verdict, is being described as exceptionally fast. The Supreme Court remanded the case back to the lower court for retrial, effectively reversing the earlier not-guilty finding. The suggested search terms were collected from keywords in widely viewed news articles.
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