The world according to Park - a blacklist and placenta shots in South Korea


  • World
  • Thursday, 19 Jan 2017

South Korean President Park Geun-hye speaks next to the Presidents Cup trophy during the opening ceremony for the 2015 Presidents Cup golf tournament in Incheon, South Korea, October 7, 2015. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - In a tumultuous four years in power, South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been criticised for her handling of a ferry disaster and the running of the economy, and also for bizarre episodes involving beauty treatments and bulk buying of Viagra.

And, according the special prosecutor investigating a corruption scandal that led to her impeachment last month, someone has drawn up a blacklist of actors, writers and others who Park thinks have gone too far.

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