South Korean president dismisses spokesman over 'unsavory incident'
May 10, 2013 -- Updated 0508 GMT (1308 HKT)
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- President Park Geun-hye of South Korea has dismissed her press spokesman after concluding that he was involved in an "unsavory incident" during a state visit to the United States, her office said.
The spokesman, Yoon Chang-jung, "showed inappropriate conduct as a high-ranking official and damaged the dignity of the country by being personally involved in an unsavory incident," the chief presidential press secretary, Lee Nam-ki, said in a statement Thursday from Los Angeles.
The South Korean Embassy in Washington is investigating the incident, Lee said without providing further details on what Yoon is alleged to have done.
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