President Park of South Korea has had a lot of explaining to do recently about her friendship with an alleged shamaness who is accused of extorting tens of millions of pounds from big companies. Now she faces an even more embarrassing question: why did the unmarried, unattached female president buy hundreds of doses of Viagra? Not to treat men with faulty erections but for altitude sickness, according to her spokesman. The presidential office known as the Blue House bought 364 Viagra pills last December, which are still on the premises, Jung Youn Kuk said this morning. Mr Jung said that the drugs were for the president and her aides as they visited the capital cities of Ethiopia, Uganda and Kenya, which are well above sea…

Source: The Times November 23, 2016 09:00 UTC