President Park Geun-hye suffers embarrassment this week as the vice minister of justice resigns just six days into his job due to a sex scandal riveting the country. Vice Minister Kim Hak-eui is the latest cabinet appointee to give up his post after a series of Park’s choices renounced their ministerial candidacies for ethical failings highlighted by opposition lawmakers. It is alleged that a video recording shows Kim having sex with a woman at the country villa of a construction magnate seeking government contracts, and that other similar videos implicate numerous high-level officials, including the former chief of national police.
The Korean media have found that President Park’s office, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and the police knew the existence of the video well before Kim’s appointment. Kim had reportedly been questioned about the recording during the vetting process but is known to have emphatically disavowed connection. His resignation has brought about intense speculation over who will be the next political figure to suffer the fallout from the scandal. The police has referred the video in question to the National Forensic Service for analysis, in an effort to determine the identities of persons featured. In the meantime, the businessman at the center of the scandal faces yet another accusation, this time of possessing illicit substances, some of which may have been provided to guests attending parties at his villa.
The scandal has again shaken the trust of ordinary Korean in the country’s elite, whose dirty laundry is often aired during confirmation hearings for high-level government posts. Such past wrongdoings have included avoidance of mandatory military service, real estate speculation, fake changes of address to obtain favorable school assignments for children, and improper ties to the private sector. But the latest scandal with all its lurid details is proving to be the last straw for a citizenry already disillusioned with the country’s state of affairs amid uncertainty posed by North Korea’s blusterous brinkmanship. Full story...
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The Korean media have found that President Park’s office, the Ministry of Justice, the Supreme Prosecutors’ Office, and the police knew the existence of the video well before Kim’s appointment. Kim had reportedly been questioned about the recording during the vetting process but is known to have emphatically disavowed connection. His resignation has brought about intense speculation over who will be the next political figure to suffer the fallout from the scandal. The police has referred the video in question to the National Forensic Service for analysis, in an effort to determine the identities of persons featured. In the meantime, the businessman at the center of the scandal faces yet another accusation, this time of possessing illicit substances, some of which may have been provided to guests attending parties at his villa.
The scandal has again shaken the trust of ordinary Korean in the country’s elite, whose dirty laundry is often aired during confirmation hearings for high-level government posts. Such past wrongdoings have included avoidance of mandatory military service, real estate speculation, fake changes of address to obtain favorable school assignments for children, and improper ties to the private sector. But the latest scandal with all its lurid details is proving to be the last straw for a citizenry already disillusioned with the country’s state of affairs amid uncertainty posed by North Korea’s blusterous brinkmanship. Full story...
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