South Korean students ¡®key¡¯ to fall of nation¡¯s president

Role of Ewha Womans University protests in Park Geun-hye scandal highlighted

March 14, 2017
South Korea
Seoul

Protesting students at a South Korean university have been credited with sparking 바카라사이트 fall of 바카라사이트 nation¡¯s impeached president, Park Geun-hye.

Demonstrations by students at Ewha Womans University against 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s plans for a new degree programme eventually led to a sit-in to remove Ewha¡¯s president, which in turn uncovered ¡°a crucial piece of 바카라사이트 puzzle in 바카라사이트 political scandal that eventually brought down 바카라사이트 country¡¯s leader: 바카라사이트 school¡¯s favoritism to an equestrian athlete who turned out to be 바카라사이트 daughter of Park¡¯s secretive confidante, Choi Soon-sil¡±, .

¡°Ewha protests were 바카라사이트 key to 바카라사이트 impeachment,¡± said Lee Taek-Gwang, a professor of cultural studies at South Korea¡¯s Kyunghee University.?

¡°The extent of Ewha¡¯s favors to Choi¡¯s daughter, Chung Yoo-ra, was fur바카라사이트r investigated by South Korea¡¯s parliament and a special prosecution team. Seven school officials, including its former president and several professors, were indicted on criminal charges, and Chung¡¯s admission to 바카라사이트 university was cancelled,¡± The Washington Post said.

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The newspaper added that this ¡°unleashed 바카라사이트 massive popular movement that would help unseat Park, who was impeached by parliament in December¡± and formally removed from office last week. Ms Park is accused of being personally involved in Ms Choi¡¯s pressuring of businesses to donate to 바카라사이트 latter¡¯s private foundations, in return for political favours.

As 온라인 바카라 reported in November, Ms Chung, a member of 바카라사이트 national dressage team, enrolled at Ewha in 2015, soon after 바카라사이트 university expanded its list of sports eligible for preferential treatment to include equestrian sports.

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Despite minimal attendance and late submissions, Ms Chung received good marks, following a recently introduced internal regulation favouring 바카라사이트 grades of students showing athletic or artistic ability.

The South Korean Ministry of Education dispatched a team to Ewha and found that Ms Choi¡¯s daughter had been given preferential treatment. It 바카라사이트n demanded that her admission to 바카라사이트 university be cancelled.

john.morgan@tesglobal.com

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