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Parliament passes President Park's impeachment over corruption scandal

South Korea's parliament on Friday passed a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye over her alleged link to a corruption scandal involving her confidante that has paralyzed the government for the past several weeks.

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Lawmakers quiz former Park aide, key influence-peddling suspects

​South Korean President Park Geun-hye's former chief of staff bore the brunt of criticism from lawmakers at the second round of parliamentary hearings Wednesday on a corruption case which threatens to end her presidency.

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Parliament starts questioning business tycoons on scandal

​South Korea's eight major business tycoons appeared before the National Assembly on Tuesday in line with the probe into a corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her confidante.

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South Korean business elite in hot seat at unprecedented scandal hearings

South Korean lawmakers on Monday (Dec 5) kicked off an unprecedented series of hearings that will see the country's business elite grilled over a corruption scandal engulfing impeachment-threatened President Park Geun Hye.

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South Korea’s biggest sports star Kim Yu-na and Olympic swimmer dragged into scandal surrounding president Park Geun-hye

​The figure-skating icon was supposedly blacklisted for not taking part in a bizarre calisthenics event, while swimmer Park Tae-hwan says he was blackmailed ahead of Rio Olympics

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Prosecutors raid university over influence-peddling scandal

​Prosecutors on Tuesday raided a local university suspected of having given unlawful favors to the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's close friend who is at the center of an influence-peddling scandal roiling the country.

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S. Korean president's ex-aides questioned for involvement in scandal

​Two former aides to South Korean President Park Geun-hye were summoned by prosecutors on Monday for alleged involvement in a scandal surrounding Choi Soon-sil, Park's longtime confidante suspected of intervening in state affairs behind the scenes.

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South Korean President’s Leadership Style Is Seen as Factor in Scandal

“Poetic justice is what comes to mind,” Mr. Park, the former police officer who investigated Ms. Choi’s family in 2014, recently told reporters.

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Former aide testifies that S. Korean president instructs document leakage to confidante

A former close aide to South Korean President Park Geun-hye has testified to prosecutors that he leaked confidential documents to Park's long-time confidante Choi Soon-sil under the president's instructions, local media outlets reported on Tuesday.

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Prosecutors find phone recordings of Park's friend, ex-presidential aide

​Prosecutors said Monday they have discovered recorded phone conversations between a former presidential aide and President Park Geun-hye's longtime friend who is suspected to have peddled influence and meddled in state affairs using her ties to the chief executive.

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The political scandal that threatens to topple South Korea’s president, began with a card game in Macau

​The South Korean political system has been shaken to its core over the revelations that President Park Geun-hye has been taking secret advice from Choi Soon-sil, a friend of 40 years who held no official position and had no policy background.

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S. Korean president says to accept investigation over scandal if necessary

President Park Geun-hye said Friday she will accept an investigation over a sprawling corruption scandal involving her close confidante "if necessary," raising the prospect of her becoming the first sitting South Korean head of state to face a prosecutorial probe.

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Confidante of S.Korean president summoned on alleged intervention in state affairs

​Choi Soon-sil, a longtime confidante of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, was summoned on Monday by prosecutors on various allegations, including her intervention in state affairs since Park took office in February 2013.

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Woman at center of S. Korea political scandal questioned by prosecutors

​Choi Soon-sil, a confidante of President Park Geun-hye, was questioned by prosecutors Monday over allegations of interfering in state affairs and peddling influence, a day after she returned from Europe where she had been residing for nearly two months.

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“Sister's intervention” puts Park in crisis, presidential office tries to remain readiness

Choi Soon-sil, a longtime confidante of President Park Geun-hye who allegedly calls Park "sister," is suspected of having pulled strings behind the scenes and intervened in state affairs.

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South Korea's prosecutors raid presidential office, aides' homes in probe over influence-peddling scandal

South Korean prosecutors on Saturday (Oct 29) raided the presidential Blue House, as well as the homes and offices of senior advisers to President Park Geun Hye, as she struggled with a corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving a close family friend.