added.Park's Saenuri Party

S Korea president says she is willing to leave office early

South Korea's scandal-hit President Park Geun-Hye said Nov. 29 she was willing to resign early and would let parliament decide her fate as leader.

"I will leave the issue of my departure, including the [possible] reduction of my term in office, to a decision by the National Assembly," she said in a speech carried live on television.