South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party is expected to be cut in half in the near future as scores of lawmakers with one of the two party factions agreed on Wednesday to defect next week after the presidential impeachment.
A South Korean court has issued an arrest warrant for Chung Yoo-ra, the daughter of President Park Geun-hye's friend, Choi Soon-sil, who is in custody and on trial in an influence-peddling scandal that led parliament to vote to impeach Park.
A former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party said Tuesday the political breakup will take some time as the ultimate goal of such a move is to strive for a "balanced conservatism" in the country and not independence itself.
South Korea's Constitutional Court reviewing President Park Geun-hye's impeachment over corruption allegations said Tuesday it will hold the first preparatory hearing later this week.
An independent lawmaker proposed a bill Monday to ban the presidential office from destroying its documents after impeachments, as prosecutors seek to investigate the alleged corruption scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye.
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President Park Geun-hye will make her case to the Consitutional Court on Friday in a written statement addressing a series of charges cited in the parliamentary impeachment motion via her legal representatives, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
President Park Geun-hye's former chief of staff has been banned from leaving the country, as part of a probe into an influence-peddling scandal surrounding Park and her close confidante Choi Soon-sil, government sources said Thursday.
South Korea's National Assembly will hold the third round of hearings on Wednesday to investigate the corruption and influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and her longtime friend.
A group of South Korea's ruling party members supporting President Park Geun-hye are set to launch their alliance Tuesday to cope with challenges from increasingly vocal anti-Park rivals.
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.
South Korea's National Assembly on Thursday officially set the date for the vote on the impeachment of President Park Geun-hye who is at the center of the corruption scandal rocking the country.
Demand grew in South Korea for the impeachment of embattled President Park Geun-hye ahead of vote on it in parliament, a local poll showed on Thursday.
President Park Geun-hye will follow due legal procedures if parliament passes an impeachment motion later this week, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Wednesday, apparently dismissing calls for her immediate resignation.
South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party appears to be on the verge of a breakup amid growing tension between rival factions over an impeachment vote against President Park Geun-hye, observers said Monday.
South Korea's opposition parties filed an impeachment motion against scandal-hit President Park Geun Hye on Saturday (Dec 3) as a fresh weekly protest was expected to draw a million protesters, organisers said.
South Korea's parliament has put forward a historic bill to impeach President Park Geun-hye, but it has a long way to go when taking into account the political bickering between rival parties and uncertainty about the constitutional court ruling.
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