State prosecutors on Wednesday called on President Park Geun-hye to answer questions related to her involvement in the scandal surrounding her confidante, despite her attorney's earlier refusal to face any criminal inquiry.
Two influential members quit South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party Tuesday in a fresh blow to the party plagued by a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye and a resurfacing factional strife.
South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the opposition parties to pick candidates for an independent counsel to investigate the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil.
South Korea on Tuesday endorsed a bilateral military intelligence pact with Japan at a cabinet meeting despite public and parliamentary opposition.
The leader of the main opposition Democratic Party said her party will immediately review the timing and ways for impeaching President Park Geun-hye, who the prosecution has listed as a suspect in a corruption scandal involving her confidante.
South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspired with her longtime confidante and former aides, indicating the scandal-hit president will be seen as a criminal suspect in a future investigation.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye is suspected of having conspiring with her longtime confidante and former aides, who were indicted on Sunday for multiple charges, prosecutors said in an interim announcement of investigation results.
Almost one million South Koreans marched on Saturday night to demand the resignation of President Park Geun-hye over her biggest political scandal since she took office in February 2013.
At least seven out of 10 South Koreans demanded President Park Geun-hye, embroiled in a scandal involving her longtime confidante, resign or be impeached to take responsibility for the biggest political scandal since Park took office in February 2013.
South Korean political heavyweights on Tuesday demanded President Park Geun-hye step down or be impeached over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
Infighting within the Saenuri Party deepened Monday as the ruling party's leadership rejected growing calls to resign over the scandal involving President Park Geun-hye's close confidante.
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday accepted a bilateral dialogue offer from chief of the main opposition Minjoo Party following the biggest mass rally in three decades over a scandal involving Park's longtime confidante.
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.
South Korean prosecutors plan to investigate President Park Geun-hye early next week over Park's biggest political scandal involving her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil suspected of intervening in state affairs behind the scenes and peddling undue influence for personal gains.
“Poetic justice is what comes to mind,” Mr. Park, the former police officer who investigated Ms. Choi’s family in 2014, recently told reporters.
South Korean parties continued to bicker over whether President Park Geun-hye should retain her control of foreign affairs and national security after she retreats from state affairs in the wake of a scandal involving her civilian confidante.
Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans are expected to rally in South Korea during an upcoming weekend to demand President Park Geun-hye's resignation over scandal involving her longtime confidante and former aides.
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