South Korean president-elect Yoon seeks to bury hatchet with Park

Yoon's relationship with former leader he helped to indict is tinged with 'han'

20220415 Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with former President Park Geun-hye

South Korea's President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol shakes hands with former President Park Geun-hye at her house in Daegu on April 12. © Yonhap/Reuters

KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer

SEOUL -- South Korean President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol played a key role in indicting the country's previous conservative president, Park Geun-hye, five years ago. This week he sought to bury the hatchet by paying the pardoned ex-leader a visit.

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