SEOUL: A scandal-hit law professor bowed out of the running to become South Korea’s justice minister on Saturday over his controversial views on women and admissions of drink driving and other transgressions. 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. There are men in abundance who are willing to pay for sex,” he said in the book. His nomination sparked a public outcry. The presidential Blue House issued a statement Saturday expressing “regret” that Ahn had stepped down, adding “we respect his decision.”AFP

Source: Manila Times June 17, 2017 08:03 UTC