The senior advisers to ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye offered to resign, news reports said, three days after the country's Constitutional Court formally ended her rule over a corruption scandal.
Park, whose power had been suspended in a parliamentary impeachment vote in December, was formally removed from office on Friday after the court dismissed her from the top post. Park vacated the presidential office on Sunday.
Nine senior presidential advisers tendered their resignations to acting leader Hwang Kyo Ahn, Yonhap news agency reported, citing unidentified government officials. Other South Korean media carried a similar report.
Hwang's office could not immediately confirm the report.
Park's Blue House had 10 main presidential advisers on foreign policy, economy and other issues, but one position has been vacant since the arrest of one adviser over the scandal.
Dozens of high-profile figures, including Choi, Samsung heir Lee Jae Yong and top government officials are already facing criminal trials.After being removed from office, Park has lost her presidential immunity and will likely face a direct investigation over allegations she colluded with a longtime confidante, Choi Soon Sil, to extort money from businesses and allow Choi to meddle in state affairs though she has never held an official post.
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