Tag: impechment

Timeline explains South Korea’s influence-peddling scandal

SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) –South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been impeached by parliament over her role in an influence-peddling scandal linked to her friend Choi Soon-sil, and now awaits a Constitutional Court review of that decision. The court has said it will conclude oral arguments on Monday (February 27). It has not said when a verdict will be delivered but, according to past practice, a decision could be reached after about two weeks. If […]