China News Service, January 17. According to Yonhap News Agency, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak (81), who was detained in Anyang Prison in Gyeonggi Province, was re-admitted to the hospital.

  According to South Korea's Ministry of Justice on the 17th, former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak was admitted to Seoul National University Hospital that day for a comprehensive examination related to chronic diseases.

  Li Mingbo has been receiving hospital treatment for diabetes and other diseases.

In 2021, Li Mingbo was also admitted to the hospital three times.

  In October 2020, the Supreme Court of South Korea made a final judgment on Lee Myung-bak's corruption and bribery case, sentenced him to 17 years in prison, fined 13 billion won, and recovered 5.78 billion won of illegal gains.