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Denton Record-Chronicle
Sunday, October 30, 2016
Protesters call for president to step down
By Kim Tong-Hyung
Associated Press
SEOUL, South Korea —
Thousands of South Koreans
took to the streets of the capital
on Saturday calling for increas-
ingly unpopular President Park
Geun-hye to step down over al-
legations that she let an old
friend, the daughter of a reli-
gious cult leader, interfere in im-
portant state affairs.
The evening protest came af-
ter Park ordered 10 of her senior
secretaries to resign over a scan-
dal that is likely to deepen the
presidents lame duck status
ahead of next years election.
Holding candles and signs
reading “Whos the real presi-
dent?” and “Park Geun-hye step
down,” the protesters marched
through downtown Seoul after
holding a candlelight vigil near
City Hall. Police estimated that
about 12,000 people turned out
for the biggest anti-government
demonstration in Seoul in
months.
“Park has lost her authority
as president and showed she
doesnt have the basic qualities to
govern a country,” Jae-myung
Lee, from the opposition Minjoo
Party and the mayor of the city of
Seongnam, told the protesters
from a stage.
Park has been facing calls to
reshuffle her office and Cabinet
after she acknowledged on Tues-
day that she provided longtime
friend Choi Soon-sil drafts of her
speeches for editing. Her tele-
vised apology sparked intense
criticism about her mismanage-
ment of national information
and a heavy-handed leadership
style many see as lacking in
TOP: Police officers block
South Korean protesters af-
ter a rally calling for Presi-
dent Park Geun-hye to step
down in downtown Seoul,
South Korea, Saturday. BOT-
TOM LEFT: South Koreans
attend at a rally calling for
President Park Geun-hye to
step down in downtown
Seoul, South Korea, Satur-
day. BOTTOM RIGHT: South
Koreans hold signs during a
rally calling for President
Park Geun-hye to step down
in downtown Seoul, South
Korea, Saturday.
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ly summoned some of Chois key
associates and raided their homes
and workplaces, as well as the of-
fices of two nonprofit foundations
Choi supposedly controlled.
The saga, triggered by weeks
of media reports, has sent Parks
approval ratings to record lows,
and the minority opposition
Justice Party has called for her to
resign. The Minjoo Party, a larg-
er opposition party that has re-
frained from calling for Parks
resignation over fears of nega-
tively affecting next years presi-
dential election, said Parks deci-
sion to shake up her secretariat
was too little, too late, and called
for stronger changes, including
the reshuffling of her Cabinet.
Parks aides on the way out
include Woo Byung-woo, senior
presidential secretary for civil af-
fairs, and Ahn Jong-beom, se-
nior secretary for policy coordi-
nation. Lee Won-jong, Parks
chief of staff, tendered his resig-
nation on Wednesday.
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Theres also media speculation policy and exploited her ties with
that Choi, who holds no govern- Park to misappropriate funds
ment job, meddled in govern- from nonprofit organizations.
Prosecutors on Saturday wid- ing with Choi and receiving their
ened their investigation by office files from the Blue House-
searching the homes of presiden- the presidential office and resi-
tial officials suspected of interact- dence. Prosecutors had previous-
transparency.
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