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Seoul, Dec 27 (IANS) South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on Tuesday granted wide-ranging special pardons to former President Lee Myung-bak and a series of high-profile politicians and former officials convicted of corruption and other irregularities during the previous administrations. Former South Gyeongsang Province Gov. Kim Kyoung-soo, a close confidant of former President Moon Jae-in, was also pardoned with about five months left in his prison term, though the pardon fell short of reinstating his rights, reports Yonhap News Agency. The list also included a series of former presidential secretaries convicted in a massive corruption scandal that led to the 2017 ouster…