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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

South Korea's Prime Minister Lee Wan Koo Steps Down Over Bribery Scandal

 
Prime Minster Lee Wan Koo offered to resign last week, just two months after taking the country's No. 2 post. He has been at the heart of a corruption scandal involving a dead businessman and other high-profile figures, mostly close associates of President Park Geun-hye

The scandal is a blow to Park's government, which is still reeling from lingering public criticism of its handling of a ferry disaster last year that killed more than 300 people. Violence occurred during a Seoul rally earlier this month by relatives of the ferry victims and their supporters, leaving dozens of people injured.

Businessman Sung Wan-jong said before committing suicide this month that he gave 30 million won ($27,390) to Lee in 2013.

South Korea's president  Park Geun-hye accepted the resignation of her prime minister on Monday April 27,2015 over a bribery scandal
 

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