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Thousands March in Support of Ousted South Korean Leader

EghtesadOnline: Thousands of supporters of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye marched in Seoul on Saturday to protest a court ruling that appeared to support key corruption charges against her.
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Publish Date:27/August/2017 | 05:42

Thousands March in Support of Ousted South Korean Leader

EghtesadOnline: Thousands of supporters of ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye marched in Seoul on Saturday to protest a court ruling that appeared to support key corruption charges against her.
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Publish Date:27/August/2017 | 05:42

South Korea Heads to Polls in Election to Replace Ousted Park

EghtesadOnline: South Koreans are voting Tuesday in a special election to replace ousted leader Park Geun-hye , the culmination of months of discord that saw the country’s biggest street protests since the 1980s.
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Publish Date:09/May/2017 | 04:32

Moon, Ahn and a Self-Described Strongman Vie to Lead South Korea

EghtesadOnline: Five weeks from South Korea’s election, it’s down to a three-horse race. Park Geun-hye ’s unprecedented ouster last month triggered a special election set for May 9. Late Monday, frontrunner Moon Jae-in was confirmed as the candidate for the left-leaning Democratic Party of Korea, and Ahn Cheol-soo has all but sealed the nomination for his center-left People’s Party. Hong Joon-pyo will represent Park’s right-wing Liberty Korea Party.
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Publish Date:04/April/2017 | 04:56

Korean Prosecutors Seek to Arrest Park on Graft Allegations

EghtesadOnline: South Korean prosecutors sought to arrest former President Park Geun-hye over allegations that she abused her powers and colluded with her longtime friend and former aides to get bribes from the nation’s top businesses.
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Publish Date:27/March/2017 | 13:02

South Korea's ousted Park leaves Blue House in disgrace

EghtesadOnline: Disgraced South Korean leader Park Geun-hye left the presidential Blue House on Sunday, two days after a court dismissed her over a corruption scandal, facing life as a private citizen and the possibility of jail.
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Publish Date:12/March/2017 | 15:16

Opponents of South Korea's ousted Park rally to call for her arrest

EghtesadOnline: Opponents of South Korea's ousted leader, Park Geun-hye rallied in the capital, Seoul, on Saturday to demand that she be arrested, a day after she was thrown out of office over a corruption scandal involving the country's conglomerates.
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Publish Date:11/March/2017 | 24:22

Secrets of Korea's Elite to Air as 'Trial of the Century' Begins

EghtesadOnline: The trial of Samsung Electronics Co. vice chairman Jay Y. Lee began Thursday, as prosecutors try to prove the billionaire conspired to funnel millions of dollars to a confidante of President Park Geun-hye to help secure control of the world’s largest smartphone maker.
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Publish Date:09/March/2017 | 06:25

After night in cell, Samsung scion taken for questioning

EghtesadOnline: Handcuffed and tied with white rope, the scion of one of the world's biggest conglomerates, Samsung Group, was taken on Saturday for questioning by South Korean authorities after spending a night in a small detention cell.
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Publish Date:19/February/2017 | 04:58

South Korea prosecutor delays decision on arrest warrant of Samsung's Lee

EghtesadOnline: South Korea's special prosecutor has delayed until Monday a decision on whether to seek a warrant to arrest Samsung Group leader Jay Y. Lee, a suspect in an influence-peddling investigation involving President Park Geun-hye , citing the gravity of the case.
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Publish Date:15/January/2017 | 07:48

Samsung Executives to Be Questioned by Korean Prosecutors

EghtesadOnline: Samsung executives have been summoned by South Korean special prosecutors amid a widening influence-peddling scandal that brought about South Korean President Park Geun-hye ’s impeachment.
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Publish Date:09/January/2017 | 11:24

South Korean parliament votes overwhelmingly to impeach President Park

EghtesadOnline: South Korean lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Friday to impeach President Park Geun-hye over an influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country's first elected leader to be expelled from office in disgrace.
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Publish Date:10/December/2016 | 04:55

South Korea's Park says would wait for court to uphold impeachment

EghtesadOnline: South Korean President Park Geun-hye , engulfed in an influence peddling scandal, said if she was impeached she would wait for a court to uphold the decision, an official of her party said on Tuesday, signaling a political crisis could drag on for months.
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Publish Date:06/December/2016 | 09:51

South Koreans march close to presidential Blue House demanding Park resign

EghtesadOnline: Hundreds of thousands of South Koreans rallied in Seoul on Saturday in the sixth straight weekend of protests demanding the resignation of scandal-tainted President Park Geun-hye that took them closer than ever to the presidential Blue House.
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Publish Date:04/December/2016 | 12:22

South Korea's Park not to respond to request by prosecutors: lawyer

EghtesadOnline: South Korean President Park Geun-hye will not respond to a request by prosecutors to question her this week, her lawyer said on Monday, amid a deepening political crisis over a close friend accused of meddling in state affairs.
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Publish Date:28/November/2016 | 08:56

South Korea's opposition parties move toward President Park impeachment

EghtesadOnline: South Korea's opposition People's Party will start collecting signatures for an impeachment motion against President Park Geun-hye , while the main opposition Democratic Party will review the conditions for impeachment, party spokesmen said on Monday.
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Publish Date:21/November/2016 | 05:37