The presidential office on Friday denied a news report that a former aide to President Park Geun-hye meddled in state affairs through regular meetings with a core group of presidential officials.
On the front page of Friday's paper, the vernacular daily Segye Times ran an article under the headline "Jeong Yun-hoe's meddling in state affairs is true," claiming the former aide held regular meetings with a group of 10 other people, including three of Park's closest secretaries, to exchange information on state affairs.