The special counsel investigating an influence-peddling scandal centered on President Park Geun-hye is seeking to interrogate her face-to-face this week. It will be the first-ever prosecution inquiry of a sitting South Korean president if it is carried out as planned, officials have confirmed.
Independent Counsel Park Young-soo is in talks with the president's lawyers with a plan to hold the interrogation of the president sometime between Wednesday and Friday, according to officials from the special investigation team.
Korean Program analyses with a political commentator Jung Sik Seo, the implications of the move on the nation and the upcoming ruling by the Constitutional Court.
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