Park Geun Hye And Choi Soon Sil

The scandal is centred on the close relationship between park and choi in 2016 south korea saw the start of a massive corruption scandal involving its political and business elite that brought.

Park geun hye and choi soon sil. Park s for 40 years and widely seen here as the president s secret adviser though she had no official government title was also accused of using her influence. Choi was at the. The supreme court on thursday upheld an 18 year prison sentence for ex president park geun hye s toxic confidante choi soon sil at her final appeal. A south korean court has sentenced choi soon sil a friend and adviser to former president park geun hye to 20 years in jail for corruption influence peddling and abuse of power.

Choi soon sil had known president park geun hye since 1974 when choi s father choi tae min offered to counsel and advise park as she and her family were grieving after the assassination of park s mother then first lady yuk young soo. Choi soon sil 60 a friend of ms. Choi is the daughter of choi tae min the leader of a cult combining various elements of buddhism christianity and traditional korean shamanism. Born june 23 1956 is the prime person of interest in the 2016 south korean political scandal involving her influence over the 11th president of south korea park geun hye.

We continue to keep the audience apprised of the sensational south korean scandal surrounding choi soon sil a friend of the president park geun hye who has participated in the formation of public policy read secret documents and introduced amendments to the president s speeches without holding any official status. Her sentence was reduced from 20 years to 18 years in a retrial by the high court in february. In 2007 a south korean newsmagazine publicized a thirty year old korean central intelligence agency report revealing that choi tae min initially approached. Park geun hye under intense scrutiny over relationship with choi soon sil accused of wielding undue influence on government sun 30 oct 2016 13 59 edt 07 22 est protesters in seoul wear masks.

Park is accused of sharing classified documents with longtime confidante choi soon sil the daughter of choi tae min.