Choi Eun-soon, center, mother-in-law of President Yoon Suk Yeol, arrives at the Uijeongbu District Court, north of Seoul, July 21, 2023. Yonhap

Justice Minister Park Sung-jae granted parole Thursday to President Yoon Suk Yeol's mother-in-law, who has been serving a one-year prison term for forgery, ministry officials said.

The decision came a day after the ministry's parole review board unanimously determined Choi Eun-soon, the 77-year-old mother of first lady Kim Keon Hee, to be fit for parole.

Upon the parole grant, Choi will be discharged from prison Tuesday, about two months ahead of the expiration of her one-year prison term.

She has been serving the sentence at the Dongbu Detention Center in southeastern Seoul since an appellate court convicted her in July last year of forging bank balance statements to falsely show bank deposits of 34.9 billion won ($25.4 million) for a land purchase deal in 2013. (Yonhap)