Boeing's F-15 Silent Eagles were supposed to be selected as South Korea's next-generation fighter jets in 2013, but the widespread expectation was overturned in September of the year as the defense ministry's arms procurement committee voted it down.
About two months later, Lockheed Martin's F-35 fighter jets were offered as a sole candidate and finally picked to replace South Korea's decrepit combat planes. President Park took office in February 2013.
Rep. Chung Dong-young of the minor People's Party claimed that the defense minister was excluded from the THAAD installation decision and that his claim is sufficient to make President Park impeached.
Chung asked Prime Minister Hwang Kyo-ahn about how to think about Choi's involvement in the decision to shut down Kaesong Industrial Complex. In response, the prime minister said he hadn't heard of the private citizen's engagement.
The inter-Korean factory park in Kaesong, the border town of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), was closed down by South Korea following the DPRK's fourth nuclear detonation in January and the launch in February of a long-range rocket.
Choi, a private citizen who has no public position, is suspected of deeply meddling in government affairs, ranging from selecting wardrobe to be worn by the president in official events to the editing of presidential speeches and the appointment of cabinet members.
Allegations include decisions on the shutdown of the last remaining symbol of inter-Korean economic cooperation, THAAD deployment and the state-authored history textbook that sparked concerns that new textbooks may beautify military dictatorships and the Japanese colonization of the Korean peninsula.
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