The corruption scandal involving Cho has further galvanised conservative groups after the political disaster of Park's impeachment over bribery allegations. "I'd never been to a protest before last Thursday," 34-year-old Lee Soo-min, a mother of one from eastern Seoul, told Reuters while attending an opposition rally on Wednesday. DIFFERING VIEWSThe scandal has broadened into a wider political clash, said Shin Jin-wook, a professor at Chung-Ang University in Seoul. "But because of the diverse views even within each camp, it's still unclear what direction national opinion will take going forward," he said. These, and the Cho scandal, have helped keep his approval numbers near historic lows.

Source: bd News24 October 12, 2019 14:37 UTC