Park Geun-hye situation won't affect South Korean policy towards Kazakhstan

    South Korea will not change is policy toward Kazakhstan due to the situation surrounding current President of the country, Park Geun-hye, director of the Europe Department of the South Korean MFA Soosuk Lim said.
    “Eurasian integration remains one of the main areas in our new president’s policy. This policy is designed to establish stability, long-lasting peace and joint prosperity of all countries in this region. In particular, Central Asian countries are important partners for us in promotion of this Eurasian integration. Kazakhstan is important for us, because your country is a strategic and global partner both in politics and economy,” Soosuk Lim says.
    Tens of thousands people have been protesting in Seoul for about a month calling on President Park Geun-hye’s to resign due to the political scandal she is involved in.
    As the media reported, the president allowed her long-time friend Choi Soon-sil to interfere into country governance process and gave her state secrets, Kazinform reports.