In an incident that threatens to end the presidency of South Korea’s leader Park Geun-hye, the 64-year-old president has apologized to the nation, saying she accepts responsibility for an influence-peddling scandal involving friend and confidante, Choi Soon-sil, the Washington Post reported. After it was discovered that Choi had edited some of the president’s speeches, she was formally arrested last week, with *prosecutors saying they were investigating accusations that Choi had put pressure on some of South Korea’s biggest companies to donate US$70 million (474 million yuan) to two foundations she controlled. There are also widespread rumors in the country that Choi *wielded huge political power by pulling President Park’s strings and was responsible for many of the Park administration’s policies.
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