Korean scandal

THE nominees to be South Korea’s prime minister and two other Cabinet members resigned amid growing controversy over their ethical standards and alleged misconduct.

Earlier this month, President Lee Myung-bak named Kim Tae-ho, a former provincial governor, as his new prime minister in part of a Cabinet reshuffle. The opposition party said Mr Kim is unfit for the post, saying he lied about his ties with a businessman at the centre of a bribery scandal during a parliamentary hearing last week.