A scandal-hit law professor bowed out of the running to become South Korea’s justice minister Saturday over his controversial views on women and admissions of drink driving and other transgressions….
A scandal-hit law professor bowed out of the running to become South Korea’s justice minister Saturday over his controversial views on women and admissions of drink driving and other transgressions. Ahn Kyong-hwan withdrew his candidacy in the wake of a public outcry centred on his 2016 book and past behaviour including the revelation that he had once forged a marriage registration with an ex-girlfriend without her knowledge. The move is widely seen as a serious blow to South Korea’s new President Moon Jae-in’s efforts to reform state prosecution authorities under the command of the justice ministry, who have a checkered history of corruption and abuse of power. Ahn’s nomination sparked a storm of controversy immediately after it was announced last Sunday, with concern focusing on his confessions in a newspaper column three years ago that he had repeatedly driven drunk and had cheated in a tax return.
