... despite the fact that the party emerged from the embers of the banned Unified Progressive Party. Significantly, the Justice Party received more seats as a result of proportional party list voting than the regular voting.
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President, Park Geun-hye will have to work with
a less-than-friendly parliament
The situation in which Ahn Cheol-soo found himself as a result of the elections is rather curious. Through his election campaign and his political manoeuvres, Ahn Cheol-soo had tried ...
... are a number of reasons. Firstly, this is the first time that a prime minister has handed in their notice after only two 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 that she does not yet have a replacement for Lee Wan-koo. Observers are even speculating that the opposition’s shadow ...
... Korea is part of the political struggle, which makes it possible to blackball virtually any undesirable candidate without breaking the law. Indeed, is there anything as fair as the fight against corruption? Current president of the Republic of Korea Park Geun-hye also took advantage of this practice and is now facing a difficult political situation.
Although Park Geun-hye belongs to the right-wing conservatives, she is regarded as rather moderate, and is therefore coming under attack. The left opposition ...
... substantiate this was insufficient.)
Are There Changes in the Offing?
In principle, the end of the five-year term of Lee Myung-bak, so hated by North Koreans, provided a chance for the pendulum to swing back to a relaxing of tensions. After all, new president Park Geun-hye, the daughter of “the father of the South Korean miracle” Park Chung-hee, actually recognized the mistakes of her predecessor and announced the beginning of Trust Policy toward the North.
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New president Park Geun-hye,...