Former South Korean President Park Geun-hye (C) is transferred in a car from Seoul to a detention house in Gyeonggi province, South Korea, on March 31, 2017. Former President Park Geun-hye of South Korea was arrested early Friday as a Seoul court approved the request from prosecutors following her impeachment earlier this month over a … Read more
South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye was spending her first day in custody Friday after a court ordered her arrest, with her opponents crowing and her supporters crying. The former head of state stared straight ahead, apparently trying to maintain her composure, as she was driven to the Seoul Detention Centre through a barrage of … Read more
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and taken into custody over a corruption scandal that led to her dismissal. The 65-year-old was driven to a detention centre south of Seoul after a court approved her arrest. She is accused of allowing her close friend Choi Soon-sil to extort money from companies, including … Read more
Daughter of a dictator and later head of state herself, South Korea’s Park Geun-Hye has spent nearly two decades living in Seoul’s sprawling presidential palace. Now she will be locked in a cell, eating $1.30 meals and doing her own washing up. A court on Friday ordered the ousted South Korean leader arrested as a … Read more
South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrived at court Thursday for a hearing to decide whether she should be arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. Looking grim-faced and pale, Park ignored a barrage of flashbulbs and did not speak when she arrived at the Seoul Central District Court. … Read more
South Korea’s ousted president Park Geun-Hye arrived at court Thursday for a hearing to decide whether she should be arrested over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. Looking grim-faced and pale, Park ignored reporters’ questions and a barrage of flashbulbs at the Seoul Central District Court, and walked upstairs for … Read more
South Korean prosecutors have applied for an arrest warrant for former president Park Geun-hye, for her role in a corruption scandal. Earlier this month, she lost her presidential immunity and was dismissed from her post when the constitutional court upheld a decision by parliament to impeach her. Ms Park is accused of allowing her close … Read more
South Korean prosecutors have applied for an arrest warrant for former president Park Geun-hye, for her role in a corruption scandal. Earlier this month, she lost her presidential immunity and was dismissed from her post when the constitutional court upheld a decision by parliament to impeach her. Ms Park is accused of allowing her close … Read more
South Korean prosecutors sought an arrest warrant on Monday for ousted president Park Geun-Hye, they said, days after questioning her over the corruption and abuse of power scandal that brought her down. Park, 65, had her removal from office confirmed by the country’s top court earlier this month, ending her executive immunity, and her prosecution … Read more
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye returned home Wednesday after a marathon interrogation by prosecutors over the corruption and influence-peddling scandal that brought her down. Park — the first South Korean president removed from power by impeachment — spent more than 21 hours in the prosecutors´ office in Seoul from Tuesday morning. A broadly-smiling Park … Read more
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye is being questioned by prosecutors over a corruption scandal that brought her down. Earlier this month, judges upheld parliament’s decision to impeach Ms Park, who has now lost her immunity. Ms Park’s supporters gathered outside her home in Seoul, as she was escorted by police to the prosecutors’ office. … Read more
Protesters marched through the streets of Seoul on Saturday demanding the repeal of ex-President Park Geun-Hye’s impeachment. Prosecutors have ordered the ousted president to appear before them on Tuesday next week for questioning over the corruption scandal that triggered her dramatic downfall. A criminal suspect in the scandal, Park had repeatedly refused to make herself … Read more
Denmark’s prosecution authority said Friday it had decided to extradite the daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea’s president. Chung Yoo-Ra, the 20-year-old daughter of the woman dubbed South Korea’s “Rasputin”, is one of the figures in the influence-peddling scandal that … Read more
South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday ordered ousted president Park Geun-Hye to appear before them for questioning in connection with the corruption scandal that brought her down, they said. Park, who was dismissed by the Constitutional Court last week, was required to attend a prosecutors’ office in Seoul next Tuesday, a spokesman said. “We have sent … Read more
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-Hye was assailed by newspapers and politicians Monday for her defiance over the court ruling that ended her tenure as president. Park left Seoul’s presidential complex on Sunday, two days after the Constitutional Court upheld her impeachment by parliament and stripped her of executive power and privileges. “It will take … Read more
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye has now left the presidential palace, two days after judges upheld parliament’s decision to impeach her. Ms Park arrived at her home in southern Seoul amid waving supporters. She has been impeached over her role in a corruption scandal involving close friend, Choi Soon-sil. In her first words since … Read more
The front-runner to succeed South Korea’s impeached president Park Geun-Hye on Sunday called for unity as the country writes a “new history”, while hundreds gathered outside the home of the ousted leader in a show of support. The Constitutional Court on Friday upheld a parliamentary vote to impeach Park, effectively removing her from office over … Read more
Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye is keeping her silence as calls grow for her arrest. Ms Park was forced from office on Friday, after judges unanimously upheld parliament’s decision to impeach her over her role in a corruption scandal involving close friend, Choi Soon-sil. Despite the ruling, she remains inside the presidential compound. Three … Read more
All eyes were on Seoul’s presidential Blue House Saturday as South Koreans awaited ex-president Park Geun-Hye’s reaction to her impeachment and preparations to move into her private residence. News reports said Park was watching TV alone in her private presidential room Friday when the Constitutional Court announced her dismissal live on air. An incredulous Park … Read more
South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye has become the country’s first democratically elected leader to be forced from office. Judges unanimously upheld parliament’s decision to impeach Ms Park over her role in a corruption scandal involving her close friend, Choi Soon-sil. She now loses her presidential immunity and could face criminal charges. There have been angry … Read more