Korea ODA taint / Taiwan bar reform / Pakistan offshore probe

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Korea's ODA project tainted by corruption scandal of ex-President Park: probe.  Impeached President Park Geun-hye's close friend who was charged with meddling in state affairs had been illegitimately involved in designing South Korea's official development assistance program, a probe result showed

Yonhap/The Korea Herald: http://www.koreaherald.com/view.php?ud=20171226000777

Taiwan authorities call for bar membership reform.  Judges and prosecutors who have been charged with corruption or who lack the moral disposition to practice law should not be allowed to become attorneys, the Control Yuan's Committee on Judicial and Prison Administration Affairs said in a report published late last month.

Shih Hsiao-kuang and Sherry Hsiao/Taipei Times: http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2018/01/02/2003685051

Government orders probe into 435 Pakistanis' offshore companies.  Chairman National Accountability Bureau (NAB) Justice (retd) Javed Iqbal ordered an immediate inquiry into the companies owned by 435 Pakistanis in the tax havens of Panama and British Virgin Islands.

The News International: https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/261183-nab-orders-probe-into-435-pakistanis-offshore-companies

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