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PARK GEUN HYE

COMMENTARY / World / SENTAKU MAGAZINE
Mar 28, 2017
Troubling times for South Korean manufacturing
The end of the Samsung era may herald the downfall of a wide range of South Korean manufacturing sectors from shipbuilding to steel and automobiles.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 21, 2017
South Korea's Park apologizes and vows to work with corruption probe
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologized to the country on Tuesday as she arrived at prosecutors' offices for questioning as a criminal suspect in a corruption scandal that has gripped the country for months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 21, 2017
Ousted Park taps 'bullet-proof vest' lawyer, other loyalists for defense
A lawyer known as her "bullet-proof vest" is on former South Korean president Park Geun-hye's legal team. So are two failed candidates for parliament from her ruling party.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 18, 2017
South Korean prosecutors question SK Group chief in corruption probe
South Korean prosecutors questioned the chairman of the SK Group on Saturday in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that brought down President Park Geun-hye, the latest corporate leader to come under suspicion.
EDITORIALS
Mar 15, 2017
South Korea must now move on
South Korea's next leader faces several daunting challenges.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Mar 14, 2017
South Korea's ex-president hounded over dumped dogs
Seoul AP
COMMENTARY / World
Mar 13, 2017
Seoul gets the impeachment process right
The removal from office of South Korean President Park Geun-hye is a remarkable outcome for a relatively new democracy.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
South Korea's dismissed president exits official residence in disgrace
Disgraced South Korean leader Park Geun-hye left the presidential Blue House on Sunday, two days after a court dismissed her over a corruption scandal, bound for her private home and facing the possibility of prosecution and jail.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Mar 12, 2017
South Korean opposition vows justice as Park prepares Blue House exit
The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to prepare for her departure from the presidential Blue House.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Mar 6, 2017
South Korean prosecutor paves way for charges against Park if impeachment upheld
South Korean President Park Geun-hye colluded with a friend to take bribes from Samsung Group aimed at cementing Samsung Chief Jay Y. Lee's control of the conglomerate, the special prosecutor's office said Monday, paving the way for Park to be prosecuted if removed from office.
EDITORIALS
Mar 1, 2017
Doubling down on chaos in Seoul
South Korea needs to get hold of the chaos currently paralyzing its political world.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 26, 2017
Buckle up, Korea: presidency may hinge on three votes in 60 days
The race to run South Korea may suddenly shift into high gear.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Feb 17, 2017
Samsung scion Lee follows father's path in not just business but on scandal trail, too
The legal drama playing out in Seoul over whether Samsung scion Lee Jae-yong engaged in bribery and embezzlement has the feel of a Greek tragedy. It is a tale of an ambitious son trying to live up to his father's legacy — and the twist of fate that binds them together.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 13, 2017
'Boy-band governor' surges in S. Korean presidential poll as Ban Ki-moon drops out of race
A provincial governor nicknamed after a leading boy-band is surging in South Korean presidential polls following former United Nations chief Ban Ki-moon's announcement that he would not run in an election that could come within months.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Feb 1, 2017
South Korea moves to curb president's power after Park scandal
South Korean lawmakers are moving to ensure the nation never again has a president as powerful as Park Geun-hye.
ASIA PACIFIC / Crime & Legal
Jan 25, 2017
Woman at center of South Korean scandal declares innocence; court hints at decision by March 13
The woman at the center of the corruption scandal gripping South Korea angrily declared her innocence on Wednesday, shouting as she was forcibly summoned for questioning that she had been made to confess.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 25, 2017
South Korea court chief urges ruling on Park's impeachment by March 13
The outgoing chief judge of South Korea's Constitutional Court urged the court on Wednesday to conclude the impeachment trial of President Park Geun-hye by March 13, when the retirement of another judge will reduce the nine-judge bench to seven.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Samsung boss faces arrest as Park corruption scandal grows
South Korea's special prosecutor's office said Monday it was seeking a warrant to arrest the head of Samsung Group, the country's largest conglomerate, accusing him of paying multimillion dollar bribes to a friend of embattled President Park Geun-hye.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 16, 2017
Former U.N. chief Ban throws weight behind THAAD deployment
Former United Nations chief and presumptive South Korean presidential candidate Ban Ki-moon has backed the deployment later this year of a U.S. anti-missile system to the country amid North Korea's progress in its nuclear and missile programs.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jan 13, 2017
Samsung vice chairman grilled for hours in influence-peddling scandal
Prosecutors questioned Samsung Electronics Co.'s vice chairman and heir apparent for about 22 hours in an influence-peddling probe that has reached the highest levels of government and business in South Korea.

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