Posted on 12/09/2016 3:35:11 PM PST by TigerClaws
The unprecedented political scandal threatening to unseat South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye is gathering pace.
It has emerged than Park Geun-hye was influenced by a group of close friends with no political experience. In fact these friends were a mix of fortune-tellers and cult members, and were not simply consulting Park Geun-hye, but in many cases were literally dictating key political decisions.
They also had access to secret government documents. Choi Soon-sil even made drafts of presidential speeches. Sputnik Japan asked Georgy Toloraya, an expert on Korea, how it was possible for a cult to dictate presidential policy in this day and age. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye speaks during her New Year press conference at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on January 12, 2015 ©
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Tens of Thousands Call on South Korean President to Step Down Toloraya has called the scandal unprecedented. “Choi Soon-sil was also involved in corruption. But corruption scandals are nothing new to South Korea. The surprising thing is that state policy was built from Choi Soon-sil’s predictions.
Referring to supernatural forces this woman promised, for example, that North Korea will collapse in two years, and so on.” However the expert is somewhat dismissive of any impending impeachment. “The public is callings for impeachment, but the thing is that the leading political forces of the country are not interested in that now. They are planning for presidential elections to be next year, and right; but now neither the ruling party or the opposition have a worthy candidate,” – Toloraya said.
The expert expects that Park Geun-hye will nominally continue her presidency, but will lose all power over making political decisions, which will be made instead by her office. Choi Soon-sil, a cult leader's daughter with a decades-long connection to President Park Geun-hye, is surrounded by prosecutor's officers and media upon her arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Oct. 31, 2016 © AP Photo/ Lee
Jin-man Choi Soon-sil, a cult leader's daughter with a decades-long connection to President Park Geun-hye, is surrounded by prosecutor's officers and media upon her arrival at the Seoul Central District Prosecutors' Office, Oct. 31, 2016 Nobody knows if one of the most important steps made by Park Geun-hye, the deployment of the US THAAD missile defense system, was made on the advice of her controversial circle of friends, but it is well known that this decision sparked outrage in the local communities where THAAD is to be deployed.
It was also condemned by Russia and China. South Korean President Park Geun-Hye delivers an annual budget address at the National Assembly in Seoul on October 24, 2016 © AFP 2016/ JUNG YEON-JE South Korean Parties Mostly Agree to Revise Constitution Toloraya doubts the possibility of revising this decision by a new president. “Some consequences are practically irreversible,” — the expert warns. “As we know now, Kaeson Park was closed under the advice of Choi Soon-sil. But it is not easy to restart its operation. THHAD systems are not yet deployed yet, but I guess that the next president will have to confirm Park Geun-hye’s decision just on the strength of recent developments in the geopolitical situation which followed this decision.”
As public fury grows, Park Geun-hye’s approval rating has dived dramatically, reaching 14%. It is likely to soon fall to the level of her predecessor Roh Moo-hyun, who committed suicide after a corruption scandal which saw his rating plunge to 5%.
Read more: https://sputniknews.com/asia/201611021047005341-south-korea-shaman-gate/
BUT WHY IS THE MSM IN THE U.S. NOT COVERING THESE SORDID DETAILS?
We almost had this with Hillary Clinton though.
Spirit cooking?
There is also a “Puppy-Gate” scandal connected with the story of Park Geun-hye’s impeachment. This from South Korea.
Someone posted a link to a good article on this earlier.
http://askakorean.blogspot.com.uy/2016/10/the-irrational-downfall-of-park-geun-hye.html
It’s pretty amazing.
I’m not sure I want to know. Is the word “dinner” mentioned in the same sentence as “puppy”?
No. No case of Dogs and Franks here. This has to do with a political appointee having her 40 y/o boyfriend be asked to petsit the appointee’s puppy. The boyfriend leaves the dog alone in the house, then goes golfing. The appointee comes home furious and verbally abusive. The boyfriend retaliates by leaking inside information about the appointee’s boss who is or was President of South Korea. Info included lots of misappropriation of funds, grafting, commingling and other ‘mistakes’.
As long as no poochies were harmed... ;-)
It’s similar in many other asian countries. The real decision makers are fortune-tellers and witch-doctors that advise the leaders. In some parts of sountheast Asia, people can’t even to the can without consulting a witch-doctor.
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