TWO former aides of South Korean President Park Geun Hye were arrested yesterday over her links to the daughter of the “Korean Rasputin.”

On Saturday up to 200,000 people — according to organisers — marched through the capital Seoul to demand the president’s resignation over the scandal.

Prosecutors arrested former senior secretary for policy co-ordination Ahn Jong Beom and Jung Ho Sung, another former aide. Mr Ahn is suspected of putting pressure on companies to make large donations to non-governmental organisations controlled by Ms Park’s close confidant Choi Soon Sil, court spokesman Shin Jae Hwan said.