Yongin, South Korea, August 23, 2016.... Courtesy Ken Scar/ U.S. Army/ Handout via REUTERS SEOUL

SEOUL— A South Korean military court sentenced disgraced K-pop star Seungri to three years in prison Thursday for crimes including providing prostitutes to foreign businessmen.... The Defense Ministry said the former member of the boy band Big Bang was also fined 1.15 billion won($ 989, 000).... He was also convicted of embezzling funds from a Seoul nightclub he ran and violating laws prohibiting overseas gambling by betting heavily at foreign casinos from 2013 to 2017....

SEOUL( Reuters)-Former South Korean K-pop star known as Seungri was sentenced to three years in prison and fined nearly$ 1 million on Thursday after a court convicted him of crimes including procuring prostitutes for potential investors, local media reported.... The trial of Seungri, whose real name is Lee Seung-hyun, is part of a far-reaching scandal involving a network of pop stars, businessmen and cops alleged to have colluded and enabled tax evasion, bribery, and prostitution at some of the

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