South Korean President Park Geun-hye visits the scene of a fire (not pictured) at a traditional market in Daegu, South Korea, December 1, 2016. Lee Jong-hyun/News1 via REUTERS
SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's embattled President Park Geun-hye faces a pivotal week, with an effort to impeach her gaining support from within her own party and the heads of the country's biggest business groups set to give testimony to a parliamentary committee.
Three opposition parties introduced a bill on Saturday to impeach Park, who is accused of abuse of power, putting her in danger of becoming the first democratically elected South Korean leader to leave office early.
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