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Seoul battles to regain investors' trust

Debate on constitutional change may help trigger reform

A shot of the front page of the Nov. 7 issue of Chosun Ilbo shows superiority of the former senior secretary of the president, left, compared to the prosecutors.

SEOUL -- Political turmoil surrounding President Park Geun-hye continues to cast a shadow over South Korea. Park has already showed her willingness to step down in April, but local media and prosecutors are taking an unprecedented opportunity to increase their presence in their country's politics.

"It was truly a shock," said a South Korean man who runs an investment company in the capital. He was referring to a photo that appeared on the front page of the South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo on Nov. 7.

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