Tag: South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye

S. Korea Park says she will accept impeachment, hedges resignation

SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday she would accept the result of a looming and possibly lengthy impeachment process, but defied pressure to resign immediately. An opposition-sponsored impeachment motion is almost certain to be adopted by the national assembly on Friday, with some 30 rebel MPs from Park’s Saenuri party saying they will vote in favour. The motion would then require the approval of the Constitutional Court, whose deliberations […]