Cabinet approves independent-counsel bill on Choi scandal
Social affairsNov 22, 2016
South Korea's Cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill that would allow the opposition parties to pick candidates for an independent counsel to investigate the influence-peddling scandal surrounding President Park Geun-hye and her confidante Choi Soon-sil.The nod came around a week after the bill was passed by the National Assembly, after parliament's legislation and judiciary committee agreed to allow the opposition parties to recommend candidates.The endorsement was announced at the Cabinet meeting