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South Korea’s president denies involvement in scandal

Updated on: 08 November,2024 07:37 AM IST  |  Seoul
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The political turmoil comes as South Korea confronts a range of pressing foreign policy challenges, including Donald Trump’s election victory as the next U.S. president and reports of North Korea's involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war.

South Korea’s president denies involvement in scandal

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol. Pic/AFP

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol denied wrongdoing Thursday in a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife that’s severely hurting his approval ratings and providing political munition to his rivals.


The political firestorm coincides with South Korea facing a slew of critical foreign policy issues, such as Donald Trump’s election win to become the next president of the United States and North Korea’s reported entry into the Russia-Ukraine war.


The scandal centres around allegations that Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee exerted inappropriate influence on the ruling People Power Party to pick a certain candidate to run for a parliamentary by-election in 2022 at the request of Myung Tae-kyun, an election broker and founder of a polling agency who conducted free opinion surveys for Yoon before he became president.


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