South Korea got their first female president

South Korea Gets First Female President,Park Geun-Hye Posted by: daniel on December 20, 2012 in Worldnews Leave acomment Park Geun-hyethe daughter ofthe late dictator Park Chung-hee, has become South Korea’s first female president. Park, the 60-year-old leader of the conservative Saenuri Party, defeated 59-year-old liberal challenger Moon Jae-in — once jailed for opposing her father’s rule —by a margin of about 3.5%. onWednesday. “Park Geun-hye has made history. The keen contest that saw an unprecedented voter turnout of 75.8% can doany democracy proud,” VishnuPrakash, Indianambassador to South Korea, said after exit polls when a majority of the votes had been counted. Following her electoral victyory, she will now move back to the presidential residence where she lived as a childand served as de facto First Lady after her mother’s death.