{"id":10290,"date":"2017-03-10T01:58:42","date_gmt":"2017-03-10T01:58:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/south-korea-scandal-president-park-geun-hye-to-discover-fate\/"},"modified":"2017-03-10T01:58:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-10T01:58:42","slug":"south-korea-scandal-president-park-geun-hye-to-discover-fate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/english\/south-korea-scandal-president-park-geun-hye-to-discover-fate\/","title":{"rendered":"South Korea scandal: President Park Geun-hye to discover fate"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>                                  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Supporters of South Korean President Park Geun-hye attend a protest near the constitutional court in Seoul, 9 March 2017\" src=\"http:\/\/ichef-1.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/4D49\/production\/_95058791_parkfans.jpg\"\/>Image copyright                  Reuters<figcaption>Image caption                                      Supporters of Ms Park have been protesting near the constitutional court in Seoul                              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"caps\">South Korea&#039;s impeached president, Park Geun-hye, is due to find out whether she will be permanently removed from office.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park has been accused of colluding with a friend who allegedly pressured big companies to give money in return for government favours.<\/p>\n<p>She has been suspended from official duties since parliament voted to impeach her in December.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park and her friend, Choi Soon-sil, both deny doing anything wrong.<\/p>\n<p>South Korea&#039;s constitutional court will decide whether the impeached president should lose her seat in office or be reinstated in a hearing that is expected to last for about an hour.<\/p>\n<p>If her dismissal is upheld, a presidential election will be held within 60 days. As long as she remains president, she is immune from prosecution.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The friendship behind a presidential crisis<\/li>\n<li>South Korea&#039;s corruption scandal explained<\/li>\n<li>Did a puppy bring down South Korea&#039;s president?<\/li>\n<li>Who is the Samsung boss involved in the scandal?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The political scandal involving Ms Park and an old friend of hers, Choi Soon-sil, has rocked South Korea, sparking regular huge protests both against and for her. <\/p>\n<p>In a written statement on Monday, Ms Park against said she was innocent of the charges but had &quot;belated regret, that I should have been more cautious with my trust in her [Ms Choi]&quot;.<\/p>\n<figure><figcaption>Media captionAs President Park Geun-hye awaits her fate, South Korea is split over her impeachment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Ms Choi is accused of using her presidential connections to pressure some of South Korea&#039;s biggest companies into giving millions of dollars in donations to two non-profit foundations she controlled. <\/p>\n<p>She has been charged with various offences, including abuse of authority, coercion, attempted coercion and attempted fraud, leading to the wider investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Park is accused of giving her friend unauthorised access to government decisions and allowing her to exploit their close relationship.<\/p>\n<p>Both women have apologised but deny committing criminal offences.<\/p>\n<p>The de facto head of Samsung, Lee Dae-jung, went on trial on Thursday for his alleged role in the scandal.<\/p>\n<p>He denies that he gave donations worth 41bn won ($36m;\u00a329m) to Ms Choi&#039;s foundations in exchange for government support for a Samsung merger.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Lee has admitted to giving the money, and says he regrets it, but denies seeking favours in return.<\/p>\n<p><a rel='nofollow' href=http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-asia-39223879 target=\"_blank\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image copyright ReutersImage caption Supporters of Ms Park have been protesting near the constitutional court in Seoul South Korea&#039;s impeached president, Park Geun-hye, is due to find out whether she<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/freeonlinetranslators.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}