Park Geun-hye
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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…
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Samsung's Lee Refuses to Testify at Ex-Korean President's Trial
EghtesadOnline: Samsung Electronics Co. heir Jay Y. Lee has refused to testify at the bribery trial of former President Park Geun-hye, arguing that doing so risked affecting his own corruption…
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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…
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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,…
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If arrested, South Korea's Park will be in larger cell than others, but lights out at 9
EghtesadOnline: If ousted South Korean president Park Geun-hye is arrested this week, she will be sent to a solitary cell where she will be expected to rise at 6:30 a.m. and go to bed by 9 p.m.
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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…
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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…
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South Korean opposition vows justice as Park prepares Blue House exit
EghtesadOnline: The South Korean politician likely to emerge as the next president promised justice and common sense on Sunday as workers renovated the home of ousted leader Park Geun-hye to…
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South Korea will stabilize markets if needed: vice finance minister
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's vice finance minister on Saturday said the government will take measures to stabilize markets as needed against any volatility that could arise from the Constitutional…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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South Korea prosecutors summon another Samsung executive
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's special prosecutor's office said on Friday it summoned a Samsung Electronics Co Ltd executive for questioning as it investigates a widening influence-peddling scandal…
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South Korea Prosecutor Seeks Arrest of Samsung’s Jay Y. Lee
EghtesadOnline: Prosecutors are seeking a warrant to arrest Samsung Group’s Jay Y. Lee for allegations including bribery and embezzlement, a stunning turn for the scion of South Korea’s richest…
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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…
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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…
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South Korea's Park emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of wrongdoing and…
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Friend of South Korea's impeached Park 'says sorry' for scandal
EghtesadOnline: The detained friend of impeached South Korean President Park Geun-hye, at the center of a corruption scandal engulfing Park's administration, said she was sorry on Monday when…
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South Korea prosecutor says it might raid presidential office
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal involving President Park Geun-hye said on Sunday it was considering whether to raid the presidential offices…
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South Koreans protest for ninth straight weekend for Park to step down
EghtesadOnline: A large crowd of South Koreans took to the streets of central Seoul on Saturday for the ninth weekend in a row to demand the immediate resignation of President Park Geun-hye,…
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Conservative South Koreans rally to support Park, more big protests loom
EghtesadOnline: Supporters of South Korean President Park Geun-hye, who has been impeached over a corruption scandal, rallied on Saturday for her reinstatement, countering weeks of large protests…
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South Korea central bank: market impact of impeachment vote seems limited
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's central bank said on Saturday the financial market impact of parliament's vote to impeach President Park Geun-hye seemed limited, but vowed to closely monitor the…
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After impeachment of South Korean president, anti-Park rallies resume
EghtesadOnline: Protesters demanding that South Korean President Park Geun-hye step down marched on Saturday for a seventh straight weekend, a day after parliament voted overwhelmingly to impeach…
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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…
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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…
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South Korea's President Park faces crucial week amid impeachment push
EghtesadOnline: South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-hye faces a pivotal week, with an effort to impeach her gaining support from within her own party and the heads of the country's biggest…
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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…
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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…
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Hundreds of thousands gather in South Korea for fifth week of protests against Park
EghtesadOnline: Hundreds of thousands rallied in central Seoul on Saturday for a fifth week of protests against President Park Geun-hye, in the largest ongoing series of demonstrations in the…
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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…