President Park Geun-hye has accepted a proposal by the main opposition party leader for bilateral talks. This raises hopes for the easing of the current political crisis. Park will hold bilateral talks with Democratic Party leader Choo Mi-ae on Tuesday.

Today, two former aides to the South Korean President have been summoned by prosecutors. Lee Jae-man and Ahn Bong-geun had assisted Park for about two decades. They are two of the so-called  "three knobs of a door" that leads directly to the president. 

The third "knob" is former advisor Jeong Ho-seong. He's been arrested for alleged involvement in the leakage of confidential presidential documents to Choi.