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A special prosecutor investigating the corruption scandal that led to President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment summoned the de facto head of Samsung for questioning on Wednesday, calling him a bribery suspect.

"Samsung Leader Is Named a Suspect in South Korean Bribery Inquiry" is from the January 11, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Fleet Cooper.

North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Un, said on Sunday that his country was making final preparations to conduct its first test of an intercontinental ballistic missile — a bold statement less than a month before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

The former chief of a South Korean subsidiary of the British consumer goods company Reckitt Benckiser was sentenced Friday to seven years in prison over disinfectants that have been blamed for scores of deaths in the country.

"Ex-Chief of South Korean Unit Jailed Over Disinfectant Deaths" is from the January 06, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Barbara Benjamin-Creel.

Less than a week after Donald Trump taunted North Korea over its ballistic missile capabilities, North Korea has said that it could conduct its first test of an intercontinental missile “anytime and anywhere” in a rebuke to the incoming president.

South Korea’s Constitutional Court formally opened President Park Geun-hye’s impeachment trial on Tuesday, despite the absence of Park, whose lawyers said she was unlikely to attend any of the proceedings.

"South Korean President Is a No-Show at Impeachment Trial" is from the January 03, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.

As it turned out, Hong was one of thousands of artists reportedly blacklisted by the government of Park, whose powers have been suspended as she faces an impeachment trial on charges of corruption and abuse of power. The blacklist is just one element in the sprawling case that have infuriated the public and prompted national introspection about South Korea’s young democracy and its authoritarian past.

"South Korea’s Blacklist of Artists Adds to Outrage Over Presidential Scandal" is from the January 12, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and narrated by Jenny Hoops.

The court has never before ousted a president, though seven of the last eight have left office tainted by allegations of corruption. Whatever the court decides, the Park scandal has already put recurring collusion between big business and government in South Korea under intense scrutiny and could reshape the nation’s flawed, young democracy.

"As Scandal Roils South Korea, Fingers Point to Mixing of Politics and Business" is from the January 02, 2017 World section of The New York Times. It was written by Choe Sang Hun and Motoko Rich and narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright.