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Spoon Theory and the Fall of a Populist Princess in Seoul

Kim, Hyejin LU (2017) In Journal of Asian Studies 76(4). p.839-849
Abstract
On December 9, 2016, South Korea's National Assembly voted to impeach the country's president, Park Geun-hye, over abuse of power among other charges. Three months later, the Constitutional Court upheld the impeachment and she was dismissed from office-the first South Korean president to be removed this way. New elections were called. Park was then made the subject of a criminal investigation and jailed for the trial. The allegations center on Park's relationship with an old family friend, Ch'oe Sun-sil, who became involved in official decision-making and used her influence to extract funds from businesses, but the scandal widened to involve more individuals.
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Journal of Asian Studies
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76
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4
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839 - 849
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Cambridge University Press
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0021-9118
DOI
10.1017/S0021911817000778
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English
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