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S.KOREAN PROSECUTORS GRILL ARRESTED PRESIDENT PARK OVER CORRUPTION ALLEGATIONS
Park has been held in detention at a detention center outside Seoul since March 31 when a Seoul court issued an arrest warrant for the former leader... READ MORE›
PRESIDENT PARK 'COLLUDED WITH' FRIEND FOR BRIBE FROM SAMSUNG
Choi and Park are accused of conspiring to pressure big businesses to donate to two foundations established to support the president's policy initiatives... READ MORE›
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SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENCY 'ON THE BRINK OF COLLAPSE' AS SCANDAL GROWS
But South Korean media have uncovered evidence that, they claim, shows that Choi Soon-sil wielded undue influence over the president... READ MORE›
TENS OF THOUSANDS MARCH DEMANDING SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT PARK GEUN-HYE RESIGN
The scandal engulfing Park is focused on a close personal friend, Choi Soon-Sil, who is currently under arrest on charges of fraud and abuse of power... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA: THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS CALL FOR PRESIDENT TO RESIGN
South korea president gathers support for us missile defence after north's nuclear test... READ MORE›
PRESIDENTIAL AIDES RESIGN AS CRISIS GROWS
Jeong Yeon-guk, a spokesman for the presidential office, announced on Sunday that three long-time Park aides had also stepped down... READ MORE›
SEOUL RALLY URGES PARK GEUN-HYE TO RESIGN
South Korea Seoul rally urges Park Geun-hye to resign... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT'S FRIEND CHOI SOON-SIL DETAINED
INSIDE STORY Will South Korea's president be forced out of office?... READ MORE›
CHOI SOON-SIL AT CENTER OF POLITICAL SCANDAL IN SOUTH KOREA IS JAILED
Ms. Park's father, Park Chung-hee, was a military dictator who ruled South Korea from 1961 until he was assassinated in 1979... READ MORE›
FRIEND AT CENTRE OF S KOREA PRESIDENTIAL CRISIS TO ANSWER PROBE
Choi Soon-sil returned to South Korea early on Sunday from Germany, where she had been staying, her lawyer told reporters... READ MORE›
S. KOREAN PRESIDENT RESHUFFLES SENIOR ADVISORS ON CONFIDANTE SCANDAL
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday reshuffled her secretariat amid growing public outcry over a scandal surrounding her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil... READ MORE›
FRESH MASS RALLY AGAINST SOUTH KOREA'S PARK GEUN-HYE
Masses of South Koreans descend on downtown Seoul for fourth time, urging President Park quit over political scandal... READ MORE›
TEARFUL SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT SAYS SCANDAL OF FRIEND'S INFLUENCE IS 'ALL MY FAULT'
Some reports have also suggested that Choi was still involved in marginal religious group created by her father and that Park had fallen under its influence... READ MORE›
FORMER AIDE TESTIFIES THAT S KOREAN PRESIDENT INSTRUCTS DOCUMENT LEAKAGE TO CONFIDANTE[1]
Former aide testifies that S Korean president instructs document leakage to confidante 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT'S CONFIDANTE PLACED UNDER EMERGENCY DETENTION[1]
South Korean president's confidante placed under emergency detention 1 - Chinadaily.com.cn... READ MORE›
CLAIMS AGAINST SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT EXTORTION ABUSE OF POWER AND BRIBERY
The opposition also says Ms. Park caused people in the government to be demoted or fired for trying to draw attention to Ms. Choi's activities... READ MORE›
HOW THE WORLD CELEBRATES NEW YEAR[1]
The merger has been criticised by some investors for strengthening the founding family's control of Samsung Group, South Korea's largest "chaebol", or conglomerate, at the expense of other shareholders... READ MORE›
'LOCK HER UP': WHAT'S NEXT FOR S. KOREA AS SCANDAL-RIDDEN PRESIDENCY DITHERS?
South Korea's Park Geun-hye is at the center of a political firestorm and under attack on multiple fronts over a devastating corruption scandal... READ MORE›
CHOI-GATE PROSECUTORS ACCUSE SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT OF COLLUSION
Park earlier promised to answer prosecutors' questions - making her the first South Korean president to be quizzed by prosecutors while in office... READ MORE›
S. KOREAN PROSECUTORS SAY PARK CONSPIRED WITH HER FRIEND
Prosecutors are planning to soon question Park, who has immunity but can be investigated, said Lee Young-ryeol, chief prosecutor of the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office... READ MORE›
WHY ARE SOUTH KOREANS SO ANGRY ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL 'CHOI-GATE'? HERE ARE 4 REASONS.
Here are four examples of Choi's influence that help explain why South Koreans are so angry... READ MORE›
CHOI-GATE: SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT FORCED TO LET OPPOSITION CHOOSE NEXT PM
South Korean presidents serve only a single term and none have failed to make it through their full five years in the Blue House... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S 'RASPUTIN' REFUSES TO LEAVE CELL TO FACE MPS' QUESTIONS
Choi Soon-Sil, a long-time friend of the president, has repeatedly snubbed a parliamentary committee probing a corruption scandal that triggered Park's impeachment earlier this month... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA'S PRESIDENTIAL OFFICE MAY BE RAIDED BY PROSECUTORS AMID CORRUPTION PROBE
Park has immunity from prosecution as long as she is in office even though her powers have been suspended since parliament voted to impeach her... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT'S FRIEND, FORMER AIDES INDICTED AMID CORRUPTION SCANDAL
He was referring to two presidential aides who also were formally charged Sunday for allegedly helping Choi... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREAN PRESIDENT 'CONSPIRED IN CRIMINAL ACTIVITY WITH HER SECRET ADVISER'A
Hundreds of thousands gather in south korea to protest president park geun-hye... READ MORE›
'IT'S A ONE-TIME, LIFE-CHANGING OPPORTUNITY': SOUTH KOREA'S 8-HOUR COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM IS NO JOKE
In the capital's Mapo district, underclassmen lined the entrance outside of Seoul Girls' High School to cheer on the test-takers... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA PENSION FUND HEAD ARRESTED IN SCANDAL PROBE
South Korea's pension fund head has been arrested in a probe into alleged corruption involving electronic firm Samsung and the country's president... READ MORE›
HEAD OF SAMSUNG FACES ARREST FOR BRIBERY
Shares in group flagship Samsung Electronics extended losses on Monday and were down 2.3 percent... READ MORE›
PROSECUTORS ACCUSE SOUTH KOREA PRESIDENT OF ATTEMPTED COERCION
The presidential Blue House declined to comment on the prosecutors' statement... READ MORE›
CONFIDANTE'S INTERVENTION IN STATE AFFAIRS PUTS S. KOREAN PRESIDENT IN CRISIS[1]
South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday reshuffled her secretariat amid growing public outcry over a scandal surrounding her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil... READ MORE›
CONFIDANTE OF S.KOREAN PRESIDENT SUMMONED ON ALLEGED INTERVENTION IN STATE AFFAIRS
Choi unexpectedly returned to Seoul on Sunday from London after staying in Europe for about two months... READ MORE›