<div class="embed">SEOUL - South Korea's parliament on Thursday approved a bill to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a <a href="https://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/s-koreas-park-retains-lawyer-ahead-prosecutors-questioning-yonhap" target="_blank">corruption scandal</a> engulfing President Park Geun-hye, sharply raising political pressure on her to step down.</div>

<p>The motion proposed by the main opposition Democratic Party passed by a vote of 196 in the 300-seat assembly, indicating some members of Park's ruling Saenuri Party backed the bill.</p>

<p>The government has been rocked by allegations that a friend used her ties to Park to <a href="https://news.asiaone.com/news/asia/tens-thousands-march-seoul-demanding-south-korean-president-parks-resignation" target="_blank">meddle in state affairs</a> and wield improper influence, triggering calls for the president to be impeached or step down.</p>

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SEOUL - South Korea's parliament on Thursday approved a bill to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate a corruption scandal engulfing President Park Geun-hye, sharply raising political pressure on her to step down.

The motion proposed by the main opposition Democratic Party passed by a vote of 196 in the 300-seat assembly, indicating some members of Park's ruling Saenuri Party backed...

S Korea parliament approves bill for special prosecutor in political scandal