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Calls for resigning of Korean PM spread to ruling party

The fate of Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo hung in the balance on Wednesday as the opposition party completed a legal review to push forward with his dismissal amid snowballing allegations that he accepted bribes from a late construction tycoon.

Associates of Sung Wan-jong, the former chairman of Keangnam Enterprises as well as a former lawmaker, told the JoongAng Ilbo daily newspaper on Wednesday that Lee received 500 million won ($4,558) from the businessman in 2012 for his book-publishing event.

Calls for resigning of Korean PM spread to ruling party