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Monday, May 25, 2015

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South Korea’s Corruption Crisis: Sung Wan-jong’s List and Its Fallout

Korea Crime Scene Investigation staff carry the corpse of Sung Wan-jong, who hanged himself at Mt. Bukhan in Seoul on April 9.The South Korean political scene is embroiled in a sensational corruption scandal–one that erupted when Sung Wan-jong, a successful businessman whose company was facing financial problems, was found dead (he had hanged himself), holding onto a note containing the names of South Korean officials he had bribed, and the amounts involved. In this note–now known as “Sung Wan-jong’s list”–Mr. Sung wrote that he gave 700 million won (US$639,971) to former Presidential Chief of Staff...
 

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