Inquiry into Seoul speaker

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors will soon question the parliamentary speaker, Mr Kim Soo-han, over allegations that he took …

SEOUL - South Korean prosecutors will soon question the parliamentary speaker, Mr Kim Soo-han, over allegations that he took money from the founder of the Hanbo Group.

Mr Chung Tae soo, founder of the country's 14th largest conglomerate, told prosecutors he had donated funds to help Mr Kim's parliamentary election campaign in 1992, a government official said.