SEOUL: South Korean prosecutors said Sunday that President Park Geun-Hye had colluded with her close confidante in a corruption and influence-peddling scandal that has sparked massive nationwide protests and calls for her impeachment.

Park’s longtime friend Choi Soon-Sil was charged Sunday with coercion and abuse of power, as was one of the president’s former aides.

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