A growing corruption scandal over a new justice minister is bringing South Korea...
SEOUL - A growing corruption scandal over a new justice minister is bringing South Koreans from across the political spectrum out into the streets in numbers rarely seen since candlelight protests helped bring down former leader Park Geun-hye in 2017.
Critics of liberal President Moon Jae-in routinely stage demonstrations in downtown Seoul but corruption allegations against justice minister Cho Kuk’s family have galvanized conservative groups after the political disaster of Park’s impeachment over a bribery scandal. “I’d never been to a protest before last Thursday,” 34-year-old Lee Soo-min, a mother of one from eastern Seoul, told Reuters while attending an opposition rally on Wednesday.
“But because of the diverse views even within each camp, it’s still unclear what direction national opinion will take going forward,” he said.
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