SOUTH Korea’s justice minister has fallen on his sword in a bid to save scandal-ridden President Park Geun Hye from impeachment.

Ms Park accepted Kim Hyun Woong’s resignation yesterday, but rejected that of Civil Affairs Secretary Choi Jai Kyeong.

Both men offered to quit last week to shield Ms Park from the scandal over her confidante Choi Soon Sil, the daughter of a cult leader, who misused her connection to the president to solicit some £55 million in donations.