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The 2016 South Korean political scandal, often called Park Geun-hye–Choi Soon-sil Gate in South Korea (Korean: 박근혜·최순실 게이트), was a scandal that emerged around October 2016 in relation to the unusual access that Choi Soon-sil, the daughter of shaman-esque cult leader Choi Tae-min, had to President Park Geun-hye of South Korea.
Immediate response to the decision of the Constitutional Court of Korea on 10 March 2017. On 9 December 2016, Park Geun-hye, the president of South Korea, was impeached as the culmination of a political scandal involving interventions to the presidency from her aide, Choi Soon-sil. 234 members of the 300-member National Assembly voted to impeach and temporarily suspend Park's presidential ...
The Choi Soon-sil scandal, also known as Choigate or Choïgate, is a major political scandal that took place at the end of 2016 involving Choi Soon-sil, South Korean businesswoman and confidante of the president, Park Geun-hye. This case resulted in a process of dismissal of President Park for abuse of authority.
November 1 - Choi Soon-sil, the woman at the center of the South Korean political scandal involving President Park Geun-hye, is detained for questioning. [1]November 12 - In Seoul, a big protest occurs due to the Choi Soon-sil's political scandal, and the corruption of Park Geun-hye.
The 2016–2017 South Korean protests [b] were a series of protests against President Park Geun-hye that occurred throughout South Korea from November 2016 to March 2017. Protesters denounced the Park administration's 2016 political scandal and called for the resignation of Park Geun-hye.
However, on October 24, 2016, JTBC Newsroom reported that it had obtained a tablet PC containing circumstantial evidence that Choi Soon-sil had received 44 presidential speeches equivalent to state secrets in advance. JTBC's first report, despite only a small fraction of what was on the tablet PC, was "sound enough" to shock Korean society as ...
People associated with the 2016 South Korean political scandal (5 P) Pages in category "2016 South Korean political scandal" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
2016 South Korean political scandal (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Political scandals in South Korea" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of 19 total.