17-Year Old Audiotape Shows Dynamic of Relationship Between Park and Choi

This audiotape may be from 1999, but it shows the dynamics of the relationship between Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil seventeen years ago was one where Park was taking orders from Choi.  The question now is if that dynamic has changed after all these years or was Park still taking orders from Choi?:

Choi Soon-Sil is seen bossing and ordering Park Geun-Hye around in a newly-surfaced audio tape.  News outlet are focusing on a taped conversation from 1999 to understand the dynamic between Park and Choi.  In the tape, Park and Choi discuss building a memorial and museum for Park’s father, Park Chung-Hee.  They discuss building one near Gumi, the strongman’s birthplace in the province about 2 hours north-east of Busan, South Korea’s second largest city.

There are 3 other persons who are part of the conversation, including the vice chairman of the Hannarah Party. Choi is seen leading the conversation, interrupting Park several times, even telling her what to do and what to eat. She often talks to Park in “banmal,” the language used when talking to subordinates or children.  [All News Korea]

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