President Yoon Suk Yeol on Tuesday authorized special pardons for a list of people approved by the Cabinet, including convicted politicians, business leaders and other offenders, in the lead-up to Liberation Day.

This latest round of pardons, the fifth granted by the Yoon administration, will take effect at 12:00 a.m. Thursday.

The special pardons, commutations and reinstatements were approved during a Cabinet meeting presided over by Prime Minister Han Duck-soo earlier on Tuesday.

Among the beneficiaries are former National Intelligence Service(NIS) Director Won Sei-hoon, former Culture Minister Cho Yoon-sun and former National Police Agency Commissioner General Kang Shin-myung, who will be pardoned and have their rights reinstated.

Reinstatements were also granted to former South Gyeongsang Province Governor Kim Kyoung-soo, former NPA Commissioner General Cho Hyun-oh, former senior presidential political secretary Hyun Ki-hwan and former senior presidential economic secretary Ahn Jong-beom.

Among business leaders, former EcoPro Group chief Lee Dong-chae will be relieved of his prison sentence, while Jungheung Group Vice Chairman Jung Won-ju will be reinstated.