Overview

• Moon Jae-in, South Korea's former president from 2017 to 2022, has been indicted without detention on bribery charges by the Jeonju District Prosecutors' Office.
• Prosecutors allege Moon received bribes totaling 217 million won ($151,000) through salary and benefits paid to his former son-in-law, Seo, by the airline Thai Eastar Jet.
• The indictment claims Seo was given a high-paying executive position at the airline, despite lacking relevant qualifications, as part of a quid pro quo for appointing the airline's founder, Lee Sang-jik, to a government-funded agency.
• Moon and his Democratic Party have labeled the indictment as politically motivated, accusing prosecutors of abusing their power to influence the upcoming June 3 presidential election.
• The trial will proceed at the Seoul Central District Court, marking Moon as the sixth former South Korean president to face legal charges after leaving office.