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S. Korean president reshuffles senior advisors on confidante scandal

2016-10-31 09:01:14       source:Xinhua News Agency

October 30, 2016


"South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Sunday reshuffled her secretariat amid growing public outcry over a scandal surrounding her longtime confidante Choi Soon-sil.


Park's office said the president approved the resignations of five senior advisors, including presidential chief of staff and senior secretaries for policy coordination, civil affairs, political affairs and public relations.


The senior presidential advisor on policy coordination has been accused of pressuring conglomerates into donating tens of millions of U.S. dollars into recently established nonprofit foundations controlled by Choi."


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