North Korean state media reported the election of the South’s new left-leaning president Moon Jae-In after a two-day delay, but at unusual length. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) put out a four-sentence report late Thursday on the victory of Moon, who calls for dialogue, along with sanctions and pressure, to curb the North’s … Read more
Samsung Group chief, Jay Y. Lee arrives at the office of the independent counsel team in Seoul South Korea’s special prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday it will charge Samsung Group scion Jay Y. Lee and four other executives with bribery, embezzlement and other offences on its last day of its investigation into a political scandal … Read more
President Park Geun-hye faces an impeachment vote in parliament on Friday over an influence peddling scandal that could lead to her becoming South Korea’s first democratically elected leader to be removed from office in disgrace. There have been mass rallies every Saturday for the past six weeks calling for Park to quit, and opinion polls … Read more
Around 1.8 million people are attending protests in South Korea calling for scandal-plagued President Park Geun-hye to resign over alleged corruption. Meanwhile, opposition parties have introduced a long-promised impeachment bill. Seoul is once again the scene of the largest of the demonstrations, with the Korea Times reporting that 1.5 million people attended the protest in … Read more
South Korea’s three opposition parties have agreed to submit a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, saying they want a vote to take place on December 9. Accused of colluding with a close friend who faces embezzlement charges, Park said last week she would be willing to step down in the face of weekly mass … Read more
Scores of South Korean ruling Saenuri Party lawmakers agreed Sunday to disband their party following the largest mass rally in three decades the previous night to demand President Park Geun-hye’s resignation. About 80 Saenuri lawmakers, including members of the non-President Park faction within the governing party, held an emergency meeting, issuing a statement to declare … Read more
South Korean President Park Geun-hye addresses the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea, Nov. 4, 2016. South Korean President Park Geun-hye said on Friday that she will accept an investigation into herself, if necessary, by prosecutors over a scandal surrounding Choi Soon-sil, the president’s longtime confidante suspected of intervening into state … Read more
South Korea presidential scandal: What you need to know South Korea has been plunged into a political scandal that threatens to engulf the presidency of Park Geun-hye and has seen thousands of protesters take to the streets. Park sacked the country’s prime minister Wednesday, amid an ongoing cabinet reshuffle and the resignations of several of … Read more