SEOUL ¨C Besides South Korean President Park Geun-hye, the biggest casualty of the country¡¯s mushrooming political corruption scandal may be the presidential aspirations of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Although he has not declared his candidacy, Ban was until a month ago the front-runner in opinion polls to win the election scheduled for Dec. 20, 2017, a race he was widely expected to contest from Park¡¯s conservative Saenuri Party.
But the scandal that has become known as ¡°Park Geun-hye-Gate¡± and threatens Park¡¯s presidency has sowed division in the party. An impeachment vote is set for later this week, and Ban¡¯s standing in polls has declined, while the Saenuri has become a much less viable platform for a run.
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