Choi Soon-Sil News

A long-time friend of South Korea's disgraced ex-president, Choi was found guilty of bribing professors to have her daughter admitted to Seoul's prestigious Ewha Woman's University and receive good grades, despite a poor attendance record.

South Korea's Culture Ministry said on Monday it had cancelled licences for two non-profit foundations at the centre of a political scandal that led to the ouster of President Park Geun-hye.

Danish prosecutors said Friday that they would extradite the daughter of Choi Soon-Sil, the woman at the centre of a corruption scandal that led to the impeachment of South Korea`s president.

Prosecutors want to question President Park Geun-hye and search her presidential Blue House for more information about events that led to her impeachment in December.

Saenuri said most of its members supported a change of name, calling it the only way to give the party a "new life".  

South Korea`s constitutional court, which is deliberating a motion to impeach President Park Geun-hye, on Tuesday warned against a possible delay of trial on the impeachment bill.

The daughter of one of the central figures in a South Korean influence-peddling scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye`s impeachment will face extradition proceedings in Denmark after Danish police arrested her on an Interpol request from Seoul.

Even on New Year's Eve, large crowds of South Koreans were expected to join another rally demanding the ouster of impeached President Park Geun-hye, who's determined to restore her powers through a court trial.

Choi Soon-Sil denied new allegations that she had stashed around 10 trillion won ($8.3 billion) abroad.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye`s popularity has sunk to near record lows since the influence-peddling scandal blew up.

South Korean President Park Geun-hye has described Choi Soon-sil as a friend she had turned to at difficult times and apologised for carelessness in her ties with her.

South Korean prosecutors investigating the corruption scandal involving impeached President Park Geun-Hye said Friday they intended to raid her offices, over the objections of her aides.

South Korea`s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said Tuesday she was willing to stand down early and would let parliament decide on her fate.

Thousands of protesters braved sleet and freezing temperatures in Seoul on Saturday to demand President Park Geun-Hye resign over a corruption scandal or face impeachment.

South Korea President Park Geun-Hye has apologised over the influence-peddling scandal involving her long-time confidante Choi Soon-Sil, who has been arrested for fraud.

Viagra-style drugs are sometimes prescribed by South Korean doctors to climbers as they are supposed to be effective in preventing altitude sickness.

South Korean prosecutors on Wednesday raided offices of the Samsung Group and the state pension fund as the electronics giant is dragged further into a snowballing influence-peddling scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye.

South Korea`s main opposition, the Democratic Party announced on Monday that it will initiate impeachment proceedings against President Park Geun-hye, if she does not step down after having been declared an accomplice in a corruption case.

The prosecutors probing scandal-hit South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Wednesday have delayed their investigation indefinitely as the President`s counsel has requested it to minimise the number of people being probed.

South Korean prosecutors questioned a former vice sports minister on Wednesday as their probe into the corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-Hye spreads to preparations for the 2018 Winter Olympics.