S. Korea's Lee apologizes for graft scandal
By Agencies in Seoul | China Daily | Updated: 2012-07-25 08:08
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South Korean President Lee Myung-bak bows to make an apology to the nation at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Tuesday. Lee apologized on Tuesday over a string of bribery scandals involving his former aides and his elder brother, local media reported. Kim Byong-man / Yonhap via Reuters |
South Korean President Lee Myung-bak issued a public apology on Tuesday for what he said was "unsavory" conduct by people close to him, two weeks after his brother was arrested in a graft scandal that also sent some of his closest aides to jail.
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