(VOVworld) - South Korean Ambassador to
Myanmar Yoo Jae-kyung has admitted that President Park Geun-hye's confidant
Choi Soon-sil helped him obtain the diplomatic post last May, prosecutors said
Tuesday.
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| South Korean Ambassador to Myanmar Yoo Jae-kyung |
The probe team's
spokesman Lee Kyu-chul said that during the
interrogation, Yoo testified that he met Choi several times and became the
ambassador following her recommendation, reversing his previous statement. Before
he entered the probe team's office in the morning, Yoo told reporters that he
did not know who recommended him as ambassador.