South Korea’s Park expected to offer to relinquish some powers – Yonhap
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye is expected to offer to relinquish some of her power when she addresses the nation on Tuesday Read more
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Samsung Group, pension fund offices raided in growing South Korea scandal
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided the offices of Samsung Group, Yonhap news agency reported, over its alleged link with Choi Soon-sil, Read more
South Korea’s opposition parties move towards President Park impeachment
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s opposition People’s Party will start collecting signatures for an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye, while the main opposition Democratic Read more
South Korea prosecutors say President Park was accomplice in corruption scandalSouth Korea prosecutors say President Park was accomplice in corruption scandal
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean prosecutors said on Sunday that they believed President Park Geun-hye was an accomplice in a corruption scandal Read more
South Korea’s President, Park retains lawyer as she tries to ride out her biggest crisis yet
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye has retained a lawyer ahead of being questioned by prosecutors investigating a favours scandal engulfing her administration, Read more
South Korea Prosecutors Raid Samsung over scandal
Probe involves South Korea’s president and her friend. South Korean prosecutors raided the offices of Samsung Electronics on Tuesday as part of a probe over Read more
South Korea president to visit parliament amid political scandal – MP
SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit parliament on Tuesday and meet the speaker, an opposition assemblyman said, amid an influence peddling Read more
South Korea President Park: Scandal is ‘All my Fault’
SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — In an extraordinary display of abject apology during a moment of supreme crisis, South Korean President Park Geun-hye took sole blame Friday Read more
South Korean prosecutors arrest woman at centre of political crisis
By Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – The woman at the centre of a scandal that has plunged the South Korean presidency into crisis was held Read more
Woman at centre of South Korea political crisis appears at prosecutors’ office
SEOUL (Reuters) – The woman at the centre of a South Korean political scandal appeared on Monday at the office of prosecutors investigating allegations she Read more
Hyundai car workers start first full strike in 12 years
Tens of thousands of unionised workers at South Korea’s Hyundai Motor staged their first full strike on Monday for more than a decade after negotiations Read more
U.S. bombers fly over South Korea in show of force after nuclear test
By James Pearson and Ju-min Park SEOUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. B-1 bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday in a show of force and Read more
South Korea actress loses job over T-shirt
South Korea gaming: How a T-shirt cost an actress her job The “Gamergate” controversy which roiled the world of video gaming has hit a new Read more
Samsung workers sickened by chemicals in factories speak up
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Samsung Electronics, the leader in the global computer chip and smartphone industries, is South Korea’s biggest company, with about 100,000 Read more
Nigerian government deports three Koreans for overstay
[Adelani Adepegba, Abuja – PUNCH] The Federal Government has deported three Koreans for over-staying their visas in the country. The foreigners, Lee Yoo Song, Lee Byeung Woo and Moon Een Soo were removed from the country Read more