... related to the country were held back until the elections had rolled around, the South Korean population did not seem particularly worried about the prospect of conflict breaking out with their neighbours to the north.
It is the domestic problems in South Korea, which in large part have to do with Park Geun-hye’s not entirely successful attempts to build a social state, that had a far greater impact on how the people voted in the elections. The fact that the majority of people in Seoul voted for the Democrats is evidence of this. This has ...
... the Park Geun-hye administration – the secrecy surrounding the decision-making process, the opacity of political strategy, and the reluctance to take other people’s opinions into account. Maybe it is the “voice of blood”, and Park Geun-hye has inherited her authoritarian style of leadership from her father, former President of South Korea Park Chung-hee, who ruled the country with an iron fist for almost 20 years (1961–1979).
The prospects for the administration clawing itself out of this political crisis are unclear, and will remain as such as long as the current list ...
... Presidents Kim Young-sam and Kim Dae-jung as well as President Lee Myung-bak’s elder brother served time in jail for corruption, and Lee Wan-koo faces a similar fate.
There is nothing strange about the fact that the fight against corruption in South 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,
the daughter of “the father of the South Korean ...
