Democratic Party accepts opposition demand for Unification Church special counsel

The ruling Democratic Party of Korea on Monday accepted the conservative opposition parties' demand for a new special counsel probe into a bribery scandal centered on the Unification Church linked to lawmakers of both parties. The ruling party's leadership proposed the special counsel probe targeting both main parties to lay bare the Unification Church's interference in South Korean politics, rejecting accusations that it had blocked a special counsel probe to shield its lawmakers. Democratic Pa