Park Geun-hye trial resumes; former president refuses to appear
Social affairsNov 27, 2017
The trial of former President Park Geun-hye, who was indicted for a massive influence-peddling and corruption scandal, resumed Monday, 42 days after her lawyers resigned en masse, calling her case a “political vendetta.” Former President Park Geun-hye (Yonhap)Park refused to appear at Monday’s hearing, which began at 10 a.m. at the Seoul Central District Court, citing back pain in an explanatory statement submitted earlier in the morning to the court.Due to her absence, Judge Kim Se-yoon, one o