Here’s everything you need to know about South Korea’s extraordinary presidential scandal

SEOUL – South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye is fighting for her political life amid a burgeoning scandal over allegations that her close friend was acting as a kind of “shadow president” and making money from it. Park has apologized and replaced her closest aides, including the prime minister. Her friend Choi Soon-sil is in custody. This […]

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