Choi Soon-sil

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Choi Soon-sil
Born	(1956-06-23) 23 June 1956 (age 68) Ahyeon, Mapo, South Korea
Spouses	Kim Young-ho ​ ​ (m. 1982; div. 1986)​ Chung Yoon-hoi ​ ​ (m. 1995; div. 2014)​
Children	Chung Yoo-ra
Parent(s)	Choi Tae-min (father) Lim Seon-yi (mother)
Korean name
Hangul	최순실
Hanja	崔順實
Revised Romanization	Choe Sunsil
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sunsil
Birth name
Hangul	최필녀
Hanja	崔畢女
Revised Romanization	Choe Pillyeo
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe P'illyŏ
Legal name
Hangul	최서원
Revised Romanization	Choe Seowon
McCune–Reischauer	Ch'oe Sŏwŏn

Choi Soon-sil (Korean: 최순실; Korean pronunciation: [t͡ɕʰø.sun.ɕil]; born June 23, 1956) is a South Korean businesswoman known primarily for her involvement in the 2016 South Korean political scandal, stemming from her influence over the 11th President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye.^{[1][2][3][4][5]} In 2018, a court sentenced Choi to 20 years in prison on corruption charges. Due to Choi's concurrent involvement in her father's religious cult, reporting media have called her "South Korea's Rasputin", in reference to Russian mystic Grigori Rasputin.^{[6][7][8][9][10]}