朴槿惠闺蜜门持续发酵

In an incident that threatens to end the presidency of South Korea’s leader Park Geun-hye, the 64-year-old president has apologized to the nation, saying she accepts responsibility for an influence-peddling scandal involving friend and confidante, Choi Soon-sil, the Washington Post reported.

韩国总统朴槿惠因身陷闺蜜门事件而前途未卜，64岁的朴槿惠已向全国公开道歉。据美国《华盛顿邮报》报导，朴方表示会为涉及闺蜜崔顺实以权谋私的丑闻负责。

After it was discovered that Choi had edited some of the president’s speeches, she was formally arrested last week, with *prosecutors saying they were investigating accusations that Choi had put pressure on some of South Korea’s biggest companies to donate US$70 million (474 million yuan) to two foundations she controlled.

在崔顺实修改的部分总统演讲被曝光后，她已于上周被正式逮捕，检方表示，他们正在对其的指控进行调查——崔顺实向几家韩国大企业施压，要求其捐出7000万美元（合人民币4.74亿元）到她操控的两个基金会。

There are also widespread rumors in the country that Choi *wielded huge political power by pulling President Park’s strings and was responsible for many of the Park administration’s policies.

韩国也有传闻称通过对朴槿惠的幕后操纵，崔顺实掌控着巨大的政治权力，并左右了多项政策。

Park, once highly popular among the South Korean population, has seen her approval ratings *plunge to single-digits.

朴槿惠，曾在韩国民众中人气颇高，其支持率现已降到冰点。

She has vowed to take full responsibility if investigations unveil more *wrongdoings by her friend.

她已郑重承诺如果调查揭发出更多崔顺实的违法行为，她将承担全部责任。