01-01-2017 11:43 via news.yahoo.com

South Korea's Park emerges from seclusion, denies wrongdoing in scandal

By Jack Kim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's impeached President Park Geun-hye on Sunday broke a month-long silence over her alleged role in a corruption scandal, publicly denying charges of wrongdoing and saying that the accusations against her were "fabrication and falsehood." Park also said that she was set up over allegations that she ordered the government to support a 2015 merger of two affiliates of South Korean conglomerate Samsung, a deal which has become central to the investigation. Pa
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