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South Korea Without a Prime Minister

On April 20, 2015, South Korean Prime Minister Lee Wan-koo was forced to resign amid a corruption scandal. While corruption is part and parcel of political life in South Korea, this latest resignation differs somewhat from previous ones. It ... ... months in office. Secondly, it is the first time that it has been done without the consent of the country’s president, as Park Geun-hye is currently on an official visit to Latin America and will only return to Seoul on April 27, 2015. And it seems ...

29.04.2015

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Lee Wan-koo’s Resignation: a New Episode in the South Korean Saga

... Geun-hye’s personnel resources are rather scarce, and she has to burnish her credentials through momentous actions, while clearing the political space for herself and her supporters. Given that under former President Lee Myung-Bak, the fight against corruption lost substantial momentum, Park Geun-hye initiated a new round of renewing the fight, trying to eliminate the structures that profited by it, especially within the framework of the so-called “Resource Diplomacy” that involved the purchase of shares in energy carrier ...

27.04.2015

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