SEOUL: South Korea’s scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said on Tuesday she was willing to resign early and would let parliament decide her fate as leader.

“I will leave the issue of my departure, including the [possible] reduction of my term in office, to a decision by the National Assembly”, she said in a speech carried live on television.

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