Profile of former South Korean President Park ahead of court verdict on additional charges

Record ID: 1141716

  • Title: Profile of former South Korean President Park ahead of court verdict on additional charges
  • Date: 18th July 2018
  • Summary: ***WARNING CONTAINS FLASH PHOTOGRAPHY*** PROTESTERS DOING A MEXICAN WAVE WITH CANDLES Park faced mounting pressure to step down, as hundreds of thousands of demonstrators marched through the capital and gathered in downtown Seoul every weekend to demand her resignation. Her approval rating plunged to just 4 percent. SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA (FILE- DECEMBER 9, 2016) (REUTERS) SOUTH KOREAN LAWMAKERS SITTING IN CHAMBER SCREEN READING (Korean): "1. IMPEACHMENT BILL OF PRESIDENT (PARK GEUN-HYE)" VARIOUS OF LAWMAKERS PUTTING THEIR BALLOT PAPERS INTO BALLOT BOX South Korean lawmakers on December 9 voted overwhelmingly to impeach Park Geun-hye over the influence-peddling scandal, setting the stage for her to become the country's first elected leader to be pushed from office in disgrace. Members of parliament voted by secret ballot with 234 in favour and 56 opposed, meaning dozens of members of Park's own conservative Saenuri Party backed the motion to remove her. At least 200 members of the 300-seat chamber was needed to vote for the motion for it to pass. Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn took over as acting president while the Constitutional Court reviewed Park's impeachment motion.
  • Embargoed: 1st August 2018 08:35
  • Keywords: president politics ousted profile court impeached scandal Park Geun-hye South Korea
  • Location: SEOUL /YANGGU, GANGWON PROVINCE / ANSAN / UIWANG/ INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA / AT SEA, OFF COAST OF SOUTH KOREA
  • City: SEOUL /YANGGU, GANGWON PROVINCE / ANSAN / UIWANG/ INCHEON, SOUTH KOREA / AT SEA, OFF COAST OF SOUTH KOREA
  • Country: South Korea
  • Topics: Crime/Law/Justice,Judicial Process/Court Cases/Court Decisions
  • Reuters ID: LVA00L8PAXXZ9
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: South Korean court is set to announce on Friday (July 20) the verdict and sentence for former President Park Geun-hye over charges relating to spy agency bribery and election meddling.
    Park became South Korea's first democratically elected leader to be forced from office last year when the Constitutional Court ordered her out over a scandal that landed the heads of two conglomerates in jail and exposed webs of corruption between political leaders and the country's conglomerates.
    In April, the court jailed Park for 24 years and also fined her 18 billion won ($16.9 million) after finding her guilty of charges including bribery, abuse of power and coercion.
    Born on February 2, 1952, Park was elected to office as the first female president in 2012.
    Park, 66, has denied wrongdoing and has not attended trials since last October.
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