The Guardian argues that Seouls latest soap opera is its most riveting and its most absurd but President Park Geun-hye faces impeachment due to this nonfiction.
The paper rightly points out that Korean people are outraged at the combination of heavy-handedness with incompetence, encapsulated by Ms Parks seven-hour absence during the Sewol ferry tragedy.
However, the Guardian positively rates South Koreas status as it has been transformed from an authoritarian state to a thriving democracy: journalists have (albeit belatedly) dragged this scandal to light; parliament impeached the president; a court is considering her future on the basis of law; the millions demonstrating against her have been peaceful.
The paper says the Choi Soon-sil scandal highlights South Koreas failures. It also gives it an opportunity to build on its successes.
