Soul Searching in South Korea
South Korea is very likely on the cusp of another political housecleaning. But, regardless of who succeeds Park Geun-hye as president later this year, their job – and the job of their party – will be to tackle several urgent challenges that Park, disgraced and now ousted from power, was so ill equipped to address.
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SEOUL – The impeachment, and removal from office, of South Korean President Park Geun-hye on charges of corruption and abuse of power has rocked the country’s political establishment and divided the electorate. Not since the Asian financial crisis of 1997, rooted partly in the flawed economic policies of Park’s father, Park Chung-hee, have South Koreans faced such an impasse.