Weekly Brief: Oct. 24th - 30th

Choi Soon-sil scandal grows A smoldering political scandal surrounding Park Geun-hye turned into wildfire this week and is quickly engulfing Park’s presidency. Her approval ratings are in free-fall [http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161027000715], her own party has turned on her [http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20161029000048], newspapers across the political spectrum are calling for her and her entire cabinet to step down, and “resignation” and “impeachment” are the most common s