Park Geun-hye, 60, presidential candidate of the ruling party, edged out Moon Jae-in, 59, nominee of the opposition party, by a narrow margin — becoming South Korea’s first female President on Wednesday.

“Park Geun-hye has made history. The keen contest that saw an unprecedented
voter turnout of 75.8% can do any democracy proud,” Vishnu Prakash, Indian ambassador to South Korea, told HT just after exit polls when a majority of the votes had been counted. Park had a little over 3% lead over Moon in the country’s most captivating presidential elections. The formal results will be announced on Thursday.

Park is the daughter of the late dictator Park Chung-hee who has been hailed as a great moderniser as well as a brutal dictator ruling Korea between 1961 and 1979. Moon was a student activist and human rights lawyer, who was once imprisoned for opposing the dictator’s authoritarian rule.(see www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/RestOfAsia/South-Korea-gets-first-woman-President)

Nae Young Lee, director of Asiatic Research Institute, describes her as “experienced and stable but rigid and inflexible”. “The young lot doesn’t like her because they feel she represents the past. The older generation likes her because she reminds them of her father. For many, he was a hero for lifting South Korea out of poverty.”

“Park is a strong woman, someone who will stand like a rock during a crisis,” says HK Kho, professor at Pusan University of Foreign Studies. Park entered politics in 1998 by winning the national assembly seat in her father’s hometown. “She has a conservative, market-oriented political stance. But she has not got out of her father’s shadow. Her father is a political asset for her, but at the same time she has been criticised for being the daughter of a dictator,” adds Kho.

Park has one younger sister and a brother. She has never been married and her private life is almost unknown.

Good

Okey wo. We @ naija should also vote danm patience so as to promote the country, even in term of improved english speaking no i mean to be first woman presido and see how see can go

time to dance Gangnam Style!

Let's see how she performs.

That's right,am just watching her now On CNN
She tried!! Kudos to all women folks all over the world!!

*speechless*

How will this stop me and TemmyG from taking Peppersoup tonite?

Okonji iwela for president

tobechi20: Okonji iwela for president

do yu want to kill niqerians .

tobechi20: Okonji iwela for president

God forbid black shiit bad thing!!!!

This is very productive nation that gave you LG and samsung now a female president - I sorry for nigeria -- ask your self what can you produce

Kudos to south korea...their democracy is so healthy........unlike those psychos in d north

Revolva: This is very productive nation that gave you LG and samsung now a female president - I sorry for nigeria -- ask your self what can you produce

You forgot Hyundai and Gignam style.
@op.. Good for her. The women are gradually taking over!

i hope she can stand the North Korean pressure

@Post

Congrats to South Korea. I know something like that cannot happen in Nigeria because the country is crawling with chauvinists.

Revolva: This is very productive nation that gave you LG and samsung now a female president - I sorry for nigeria -- ask your self what can you produce

Nigeria can produce looting politicians, kidnappers who kidnap with no conscience, perverts, ped.oph.il/es, rap.ist/s, chauvinists and the likes.

Nigeria women should wake up! We men are ready to support them.

Great! They(South Korea) should throw a massive Gangnam style party.

Any woman who is past menopause is more or less a man.

A woman is only a woman for a short period of time starting from the day of her first menses to the day she sees the last.

Congratulations to Mrs Hye.

Virgin Finder: Any woman who is past menopause is more or less a man.

A woman is only a woman for a short period of time starting from the day of her first menses to the day she sees the last.

Congratulations to Mrs Hye.

Ehen!! relief, thank you very much for clarifying this , cause we were all wondering and haven't been able to sleep, literally tossing and turning in bed pondering this mystery


Geez , they said South Korea has just elected a female president and your concern is her female cycle , THE MIND BOGGLES!!!

Progress!

Women r no more restricted 2 d kitchen.hp d useless indian village that stops women from using mobile phones should learn from this.thumbs up maam

obi123:


Ehen!! relief, thank you very much for clarifying this , cause we were all wondering and haven't been able to sleep, literally tossing and turning in bed pondering this mystery


Geez , they said South Korea has just elected a female president and your concern is her female cycle , THE MIND BOGGLES!!!

Dont mind me. I am more of a chauvinist.

But haven't you observed that older women are more successful in politics and other spheres of life than their younger counterparts?

Go figure!

What a man can do...

... a woman can do better


(Well, we'll see how she performs though.)

ujukala: What a man can do...

...a woman can do better!

gosh!!!!! @ 60 she z still a virgin,south korea here i kum,wat a sugar mom to have

Sunymoore: Okey wo. We @ naija should also vote danm patience so as to promote the country, even in term of improved english speaking no i mean to be first woman presido and see how see can go

Not funny. STFU mate.

#80million:
*speechless*

How will this stop me and TemmyG from taking Peppersoup tonite?

if this news doesnt affect you, just shut the fk up and stop trying too hard to be funny.

#80million:
*speechless*

How will this stop me and TemmyG from taking Peppersoup tonite?

gosh!! And who cares if u and penguineG doesn't take garrisoup??

how does this affects the price of LG or Samsung in the market.







Posted with love from Angwa Godo, Zaria Kaduna State with my Nokia 3310: 2013 Series

Alaafia l‘oro:

You forgot Hyundai and Gignam style.
@op.. Good for her. The women are gradually taking over!

. What have Ʊ done for nigeria so far...#always quick to judge#