韓國總統朴槿惠宣佈願在明年4月辭職
Park Geun-hye, South Korea’s president, has signalled she is willing to resign next year or accept the decision of an impeachment vote this Friday.
韓國總統朴槿惠(Park Geun-hye)已表示，她願意明年辭職或接受本週五彈劾表決得出的決定。
This development follows six weeks of massive civilian protest in response to a corruption scandal that has riveted the nation.
韓國民衆已舉行了六週的大規模抗議，以迴應一樁舉國矚目的腐敗醜聞。
Ms Park told leaders of the ruling Saenuri Party that she will either agree to resign in April or accept the decision of the constitutional court following an impeachment vote, according to local media reports.
據當地媒體報道，朴槿惠對執政黨“新國家黨”(Saenuri Party)的領導人表示，她同意明年4月辭職，也會接受憲法法院在一項彈劾表決後作出的裁決。
Last Tuesday, Ms Park told the nation in a televised address she would step down in accordance with a schedule drawn up by parliamentarians. That was dismissed by opponents as a stall tactic, and the following day they vowed to push forward with an impeachment motion.
上週二，朴槿惠在電視講話中向韓國民衆表示，她會按照國會議員們擬定的時間表下臺。反對派認爲這是一種拖延戰術，並在次日發誓要推進彈劾動議。
The announcement of Ms Park’s resignation comes as the heads of nine of South Korea’s biggest family-controlled conglomerates (chaebol), including Samsung and Hyundai, were today dragged before a parliamentary inquiry into their role in the nation’s corruption scandal.
朴槿惠宣佈辭職意願之際，包括三星(Samsung)、現代(Hyundai)在內的韓國九大財閥的領導人今日都應要求出席了國會聽證會，以闡明他們在這樁腐敗醜聞中扮演的角色。
