Weakened Park agrees to concede power to new PM

SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Tuesday agreed to dump her nominee for prime minister and cede control of some state affairs in a major climb down forced by a corruption scandal battering her administration.

In what amounted to a major political concession, Park told the speaker of the National Assembly that she would accept a prime minister chosen by the opposition-controlled legislature “and let him control the cabinet.”