朴槿惠閨蜜門持續發酵

In an incident that threatens to end the presidency of South Korea’s leader Park Geun-hye, the 64-year-old president has apologized to the nation, saying she accepts responsibility for an influence-peddling scandal involving friend and confidante, Choi Soon-sil, the Washington Post reported.

韓國總統朴槿惠因身陷閨蜜門事件而前途未卜，64歲的朴槿惠已向全國公開道歉。據美國《華盛頓郵報》報導，樸方表示會爲涉及閨蜜崔順實以權謀私的醜聞負責。

After it was discovered that Choi had edited some of the president’s speeches, she was formally arrested last week, with *prosecutors saying they were investigating accusations that Choi had put pressure on some of South Korea’s biggest companies to donate US$70 million (474 million yuan) to two foundations she controlled.

在崔順實修改的部分總統演講被曝光後，她已於上週被正式逮捕，檢方表示，他們正在對其的指控進行調查——崔順實向幾家韓國大企業施壓，要求其捐出7000萬美元（合人民幣4.74億元）到她操控的兩個基金會。

There are also widespread rumors in the country that Choi *wielded huge political power by pulling President Park’s strings and was responsible for many of the Park administration’s policies.

韓國也有傳聞稱通過對朴槿惠的幕後操縱，崔順實掌控着巨大的政治權力，並左右了多項政策。

Park, once highly popular among the South Korean population, has seen her approval ratings *plunge to single-digits.

朴槿惠，曾在韓國民衆中人氣頗高，其支持率現已降到冰點。

She has vowed to take full responsibility if investigations unveil more *wrongdoings by her friend.

她已鄭重承諾如果調查揭發出更多崔順實的違法行爲，她將承擔全部責任。