SEOUL, March 22 (Korea Bizwire) – A local education office said Wednesday it has decided to dismiss three teachers who gave undue academic favors to the daughter of former President Park Geun-hye’s close friend at the center of an influence-peddling scandal. The teachers at Chungdam High School in southern Seoul are accused of unfairly giving [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 2 (Yonhap) – The daughter of President Park Geun-hye’s close friend, who is at the heart of an influence-peddling scandal that has led to the president’s impeachment, has been arrested in Denmark, police said Monday. According to the National Police Agency, law enforcement authorities in the European country notified their South Korean counterparts [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s independent counsel looking into a corruption case surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil said Tuesday it requested Interpol to put Choi’s daughter on the wanted list. The investigators have been searching for the whereabouts of the 20-year-old Chung Yoo-ra, who is presumed to be [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – German prosecutors said Thursday they are ready to cooperate with South Korea’s independent counsel looking into the alleged influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante. The independent counsel has been seeking to find the whereabouts of Chung Yoo-ra, the 20-year-old daughter of Choi Soon-sil, who is suspected [...]