South Korea’s Park Geun-hye on Friday morning denied involvement in a religious cult and vowed to accept an independent investigation into claims of corruption and influence peddling that have shook her presidency.
The country’s first female leader appeared in a televised address as a scandal involving her so-called “shaman adviser” showed no signs of dying down, writes Bryan Harris in Seoul.
At the heart of the saga is Choi Soon-sil: a long-time friend and confidante to the president who was last week revealed to have exerted influence over high-level decision-making.
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