A Daughter of Dictatorship and Democracy
Park Geun-hye could well become South Korea’s first woman president when voters go to the polls in December 2012. Her upbringing as the daughter of the country's feared former dictator, Park Chung-hee, has clearly made her politically astute, but will that be enough to win?
SEOUL – It is something of a cliché question in South Korea nowadays: Who would be the country’s next president if the election were held tomorrow, rather than in December 2012?
SEOUL – It is something of a cliché question in South Korea nowadays: Who would be the country’s next president if the election were held tomorrow, rather than in December 2012?