Noh Woong-rae's fine of 700,000 KRW for defamation finalized

Former Democratic Party lawmaker Noh Woong-rae has had a fine finalized for defamation after calling a businessman—who was identified as a donor during Noh's trial for allegedly receiving 60 million KRW in bribes and illegal political funds—a "repeat offender with 16 prior convictions."
According to legal circles on the 11th, the Supreme Court's 3rd Division (Justice Um Sang-pil presiding) finalized its decision on the 1st to dismiss the appeal, upholding the lower court's sentence of a 700,000 KRW fine for Noh, who was indicted on defamation charges.