SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea's top court upheld on Thursday a two-year jail term for an opposition lawmaker on charges including bribery and academic fraud in a scandal that has deepened the political divide in the country and disenchanted many young voters. The verdict stripped Cho Kuk, a former justice minister and President Yoon Suk Yeol's adversary who now runs the minor opposition Rebuilding Korea Party, of his seat in parliament and his right to run for office for the next five years. It could also undermine the opposition camp's all-out efforts to impeach Yoon over his martial law attempt in a vote scheduled for Saturday, even though another member will inherit Cho's seat - among the party's 12 in the single-chamber, 300-seat assembly.
South Korea's top court upholds two-year jail term for opposition MP
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