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Desperate Housewives: Season 2 (2005)

Marcia Cross Characters: Bree Hodge Television: Desperate Housewives : Season 2 (TV-Serie) Usa 2004-2012, 25 September 2005 DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES - 'That's Good, That's Bad' - Lynette takes charge of office politics, Gabrielle is jealous of Carlos' new 'holier-than-thou' confidante, and Betty tries to help Caleb, on 'Desperate Housewives,' SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 27 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on the ABC Television Network. (ABC/RON TOM) MARCIA CROSS Date: 25 September 2005

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Myanmar's NLD nominates presidential candidate

Myanmar's parliament hold a session in the capital Naypyitaw on March 10, 2016. The ruling National League for Democracy party nominated the same day Htin Kyaw, 69, a former bureaucrat and confidante of party leader Aung San Suu Kyi, to be the country's next president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Suu Kyi's aide nominated as presidential candidate

Photo taken in February 2016 shows Htin Kyaw, 69, a former bureaucrat and confidante of Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Myanmar's ruling National League for Democracy. The party disclosed on March 10 that it nominated Htin Kyaw from the lower house of the NLD parliament as the country's next president. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies all charges against her

Combined photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye (L) and Choi Soon Sil (R), a longtime friend of the president. Choi denied all charges against her at her first court hearing at the Seoul Central District Court on Dec. 19, 2016. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean parliament passes impeachment motion against Park

File photo shows South Korea's President Park Geun Hye. The country's opposition-controlled parliament passed a motion on Dec. 9, 2016 to impeach Park for her alleged role in an influence-peddling scandal centering on her confidante and aides. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean parliament questions president's ex-aide, scandal suspects

File photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. The country's lawmakers grilled the embattled president's former chief of staff and other key figures on Dec. 7, 2016, during the second round of parliamentary hearings on an influence-peddling scandal implicating her longtime confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean prosecutors suspect Park of further collusion with friend

File photo shows South Korean President Park Geun Hye. South Korean prosecutors said on Nov. 27, 2016, that the president is suspected of colluding with her indicted confidante Choi Soon Sil in forcing conglomerates to give advertising contracts to an ad agency set up by Choi and an associate. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's main opposition party to study means to impeach Park

File photo shows South Korea's President Park Geun Hye. Choo Mi Ae, head of the main opposition Democratic Party of Korea said on Nov. 21, 2016 that her party will "immediately" study the conditions of impeachment proceedings against the beleaguered president over an influence-peddling scandal involving a confidante, according to a statement posted on the party's website. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Hundreds of thousands rally in Seoul to demand Park's resignation

Hundreds of thousands of people rally in the streets of Seoul on Nov. 12, 2016, to demand the resignation of President Park Geun Hye over a scandal involving her close confidante. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea's Park replaces prime minister amid uproar over scandal

South Korean President Park Geun Hye, seen in this undated photo, replaces the prime minister, the deputy prime minister for economic affairs, and the minister for public safety and security on Nov. 2, 2016, amid an escalating public uproar over a political scandal involving her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea prosecutors demand 25-year prison term for Park's friend

Choi Soon Sil enters the Seoul Central District Court for a trial on Dec. 14, 2017. Prosecutors demanded a 25-year prison term for the confidante of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye at the center of a corruption scandal. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER MARCH 14, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korea prosecutors demand 25-year prison term for Park's friend

Choi Soon Sil enters the Seoul Central District Court for a trial on Dec. 14, 2017. Prosecutors demanded a 25-year prison term for the confidante of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye at the center of a corruption scandal. (PHOTO NOT FOR SALE AFTER MARCH 14, 2018)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Takaichi now Japan's longest-serving internal affairs minister

Sanae Takaichi, a close confidante of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, heads to a Cabinet meeting at the premier's office in Tokyo on June 20, 2017. Takaichi tied with Toranosuke Katayama as Japan's longest-serving internal affairs and communications minister with 1,022 days in office. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ousted S. Korean Pres. Park, confidante Choi deny charges

Ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye (2nd from L) and her confidante Choi Soon Sil (R) attend the first hearing of their trial at the Seoul Central District Court on May 23, 2017. It was their first meeting since a bribery and abuse of power scandal surfaced the previous fall. Both Park and Choi denied the charges against them. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Ousted S. Korean President Park's trial begins

Choi Soon Sil, a confidante of ousted South Korean President Park Geun Hye, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court on May 23, 2017. She is accused of being an accomplice of Park, who was indicted on 18 charges including demanding or taking 59 billion won in bribes, abuse of power and leaking confidential information. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung boss appears at Seoul court

Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., is pictured arriving at the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 16, 2017. Special prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for the heir-apparent of the Samsung business group on bribery charges in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that has implicated President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung boss appears at Seoul court

Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., is pictured arriving at the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 16, 2017. Special prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for the heir-apparent of the Samsung business group on bribery charges in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that has implicated President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung boss appears at Seoul court

Lee Jae Yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., is pictured arriving at the Seoul Central District Court on Feb. 16, 2017. Special prosecutors have sought an arrest warrant for the heir-apparent of the Samsung business group on bribery charges in connection with an influence-peddling scandal that has implicated President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean prosecutors summon Samsung boss for corruption questioning

Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at the special prosecutors' office in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2017, for additional questioning regarding possible bribery in connection with an influence-peddling scandal implicating South Korean President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean prosecutors summon Samsung boss for corruption questioning

Lee Jae Yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., arrives at the special prosecutors' office in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2017, for additional questioning regarding possible bribery in connection with an influence-peddling scandal implicating South Korean President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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S. Korean prosecutors summon Samsung boss for corruption questioning

Lee Jae Yong (C), vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks to reporters after arriving at the special prosecutors' office in Seoul on Feb. 13, 2017, for additional questioning regarding possible bribery in connection with an influence-peddling scandal implicating South Korean President Park Geun Hye and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies charges of wrongdoing at impeachment trial

Choi Soon Sil, South Korean President Park Geun Hye's jailed confidante, leaves the Constitutional Court in Seoul on Jan. 16, 2017. Choi denied charges that she used her ties with the president for financial gain in her testimony. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung leader summoned for questioning over corruption scandal

Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., speaks to reporters as he appears at the South Korean special prosecutor's office in Seoul on Jan. 12, 2017, for questioning over the Samsung group's alleged financial support for President Park Geun Hye's confidante Choi Soon Sil in return for business favors. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Samsung leader summoned for questioning over corruption scandal

Lee Jae Yong, vice chairman of Samsung Electronics Co., is called to the South Korean special prosecutor's office in Seoul on Jan. 12, 2017, for questioning over the Samsung group's alleged financial support for President Park Geun Hye's confidante Choi Soon Sil in return for business favors. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies all charges at 1st court hearing

Choi Soon Sil (C), a longtime friend of South Korean President Park Geun Hye indicted on charges of exploiting her influence with the president, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend the first hearing of her trial on Jan. 5, 2017. Choi denied all charges against her at the hearing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opponents of South Korean president rally

Opponents of disgraced South Korean President Park Geun Hye hold a rally in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2016, calling for Park's immediate resignation. Park was impeached by parliament earlier in the month over an influence-peddling scandal revolving around the president and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Opponents of South Korean president rally

Opponents of disgraced South Korean President Park Geun Hye hold a rally in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2016, calling for Park's immediate resignation. Park was impeached by parliament earlier in the month over an influence-peddling scandal revolving around the president and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Supporters of S. Korean president rally

Members of a conservative civic group hold a rally in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2016, to express support for President Park Geun Hye. Park was impeached by parliament earlier in the month over an influence-peddling scandal revolving around the president and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Supporters of S. Korean president rally

Members of a conservative civic group hold a rally in Seoul on Dec. 31, 2016, to express support for President Park Geun Hye. Park was impeached by parliament earlier in the month over an influence-peddling scandal revolving around the president and her confidante Choi Soon Sil. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park asked by court to clarify activities on day of ferry sinking

South Korea's Constitutional Court holds a preparatory meeting in Seoul on Dec. 22, 2016, to review the impeachment of President Park Geun Hye on corruption charges centered on an influence-peddling scandal involving a confidante. The court also asked the president to clarify her activities on the day of a deadly passenger ferry sinking in 2014. (Pool photo)(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies all charges against her

Choi Soon Sil (C), a longtime friend of South Korean President Park Geun Hye indicted on charges of exploiting her influence with the president, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend the first court hearing on Dec. 19, 2016, making her first public appearance since being summoned by prosecutors and placed under detention in late October. Choi denied all charges against her at the hearing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Park's confidante denies all charges against her

Choi Soon Sil (C), a longtime friend of South Korean President Park Geun Hye indicted on charges of exploiting her influence with the president, arrives at the Seoul Central District Court to attend the first court hearing on Dec. 19, 2016, making her first public appearance since being summoned by prosecutors and placed under detention in late October. Choi denied all charges against her at the hearing. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"No change" to Japan's stance on S. Korea after vote to impeach Park

Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga speaks at a press conference in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2016, shortly after South Korea's parliament passed a motion to impeach President Park Geun Hye for her alleged role in influence-peddling involving her confidante and aides. Suga said there will be no change to Japan-South Korea cooperation in a range of fields. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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