Politics
Park's chief of staff offers to resign amid influence-peddling scandal
Oct. 28, 2016
Presidential Chief of Staff Lee Won-jong offered to resign earlier this week amid a burgeoning influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye's close confidante, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday.Lee tendered his resignation on Wednesday, a day after Park made a rare apology over an alleged leak of presidential speeches and documents to Choi Soon-sil, Kim Jae-won, senior presidential secretary for political affairs, told a parliamentary session.Presidential Chief of