SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – The man who takes over as government caretaker in the wake of President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment is seen by critics as a stiff and uncompromising defender of the fallen leader.
How loyal is Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn? As the corruption scandal that wo-uld bring Park down raged last month, popularly called “Choi Soon-sil Gate” after the confidante Park was alleged to have ceded government power to, Hwang suggested that it was really all his fault, not Park’s, because he had failed to support her properly.
More details in Saturday’s Borneo Bulletin.
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