(LEAD) Presidential office calls for 'calm' amid snowballing scandal

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By Song Sang-ho

SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Tuesday called for "calm" as a swirling influence-peddling scandal involving President Park Geun-hye's close confidante continued