樸槿惠“閨蜜門”持續(xù)發(fā)酵

In an incident that threatens to end the presidency of South Korea’s leader Park Geun-hye, the 64-year-old president has apologized to the nation, saying she accepts responsibility for an influence-peddling scandal involving friend and confidante, Choi Soon-sil, the Washington Post reported. After it was discovered that Choi had edited some of the president’s speeches, she was formally arrested last week, with *prosecutors saying they were investigating accusations that Choi had put pressure on some of South Korea’s biggest companies to donate US$70 million (474 million yuan) to two foundations she controlled. There are also widespread rumors in the country that Choi *wielded huge political power by pulling President Park’s strings and was responsible for many of the Park administration’s policies.

韓國總統(tǒng)樸槿惠因身陷“閨蜜門”事件而前途未卜，64歲的樸槿惠已向全國公開道歉。據(jù)美國《華盛頓郵報》報導，樸方表示會為涉及閨蜜崔順實以權謀私的丑聞負責。在崔順實修改的部分總統(tǒng)演講被曝光后，她已于上周被正式逮捕，檢方表示，他們正在對其的指控進行調(diào)查——崔順實向幾家韓國大企業(yè)施壓，要求其捐出7000萬美元(合人民幣4.74億元)到她操控的兩個基金會。韓國也有傳聞稱通過對樸槿惠的幕后操縱，崔順實掌控著巨大的政治權力，并左右了多項政策。

Park, once highly popular among the South Korean population, has seen her approval ratings *plunge to single-digits. She has vowed to take full responsibility if investigations unveil more *wrongdoings by her friend.

樸槿惠，曾在韓國民眾中人氣頗高，其支持率現(xiàn)已降到冰點。她已鄭重承諾如果調(diào)查揭發(fā)出更多崔順實的違法行為，她將承擔全部責任。