Beyond her own personal humiliation, the ramifications of Park’s fall are already reverberating from domestic South Korean politics into the fraught geopolitics of Northeast Asia.
South Korean protesters holding candles at a demonstration calling for President Park Geun-hye to step down in Seoul on November 26.
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After weeks of mass demonstrations and a growing threat of impeachment, President Park Geun-Hye has said she is willing to resign before her term ends in February 2018.
Protesters wearing cut-outs of South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil attend a protest denouncing the president.
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