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Biography for Park Geun-Hye

First Name: Park

Last Name: Geun-Hye

Title: Chairperson

Organization: Grand National Party (GNP)

Country: Korea; Republic of

Date of Birth: 02/02/1952

Family: Father: Former president Park Chung-hee

Education: 1970 Graduated from Daegu's Seongsim High School1974 Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Sogang University1987 Doctoral degree from Chinese Culture University in Taiwan

Languages: Fluent in English

Politics: Grand National Party(GNP)

CV: 1974-1979 From her mother's death to her father's death, Park played the role of South Korea's first lady1982-1991 President of Yeungnam UniversityDirector of the Senior Citizens Welfare Center1993 Director of the Korean Cultural Foundation1994 Director of the Jeongsu Scholarship Fund1998 Elected to the National Assembly for GNP2000 Re-Elected2004- Chairperson of the Grand National Party(GNP)

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Prosecutors raid 30 construction firms in South Korea

Prosecutors raided more than 30 construction firms that are suspected of creating slush funds, embezzlement and price fixing in connection with the 4 river refurbishment project under the former Mr Lee Myung-bak administration.Scores of investigators ... [Published Steel Guru - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Construction, South Korea, Seoul Central District Prosecutors Office, GS Engineering & Construction Corp, Samsung C&T Corporation

First reported 7 hours ago - Updated 7 hours ago - 1 reports

S. Korea, Russia in talks for summit in fall: ambassador

SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Russia are in talks for a summit meeting later this year on the sidelines of a multinational conference in the Eurasian country, Seoul's ambassador to Moscow said Sunday.Wi Sung-lac, the South Korean ambassador ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - 7 hours ago]

Entities: South Korea, Russia, Park Geun-Hye, G20, Saint Petersburg

First reported 22 hours ago - Updated 22 hours ago - 1 reports

(Update) 5.18 Civic Groups Boycott Official Government Ceremonies

Thousands of people attended official ceremonies held today to mark the 33rd anniversary of the May 18th Democratization Movement, which had killed hundreds of people after then President Chun Doo-hwan ordered a crackdown on protestors in Gwangju back ... [Published Tbs eFM - 22 hours ago]

Entities: Boycott, Park Geun-Hye, Chun Doo-hwan

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 3 reports

Park honors May 1980 pro-democracy movement, calls for national unity

GWANGJU, May 18 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Saturday took part in honoring the 33rd anniversary of a popular movement in the southern city of Gwangju that acted as the watershed in the nation's transition into a democracy and said the event ... [Published MCOT - May 18 2013]

Entities: Pro-democracy, Park Geun-Hye, Watershed

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

(EDITORIAL from the Korea JoongAng Daily on May 18)

President is too vaguePresident Park Geun-hye had a meeting with senior political news editors from a range of media outlets at the Blue House to explain the achievements of her first official overseas trip, which was to the United States.Given the sensitive ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 18 2013]

Entities: Park Geun-Hye, Avalanche, Environment

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Park calls for national unity on Buddha's birthday

SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- President Park Geun-hye on Friday called for national unity, saying the country will be able to overcome any crisis if the people come together as one.Park made the remarks in a message marking Buddha's birthday, which this year ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 17 2013]

Entities: Lunar calendar, Park Geun-Hye, Seoul

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Park Geun-Hye

Pres. Park pledges to achieve fiscal balance

A solid financial position with a government debt to GDP ratio under the mid-30 percent range.That is what President Park Geun-hye promised to achieve during her five-year term that ends in 2018.President Park in a national financial strategy meeting ... [Published Arirang - May 16 2013]

Entities: Park Geun-Hye, US Dollar

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 16 2013 - 2 reports

Park voices strong objections against unfair practices

President Park Geun-hye voiced strong objections Thursday against the widely-denounced practice of big businesses coercing small franchise distributors to accept products in excess of their capacities, saying such a practice should never happen under ... [Published Korea Herald - May 16 2013]

Entities: Namyang Dairy Products Co Ltd, Small Businesses, Suicide

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 2 reports

(LEAD) Fired spokesman expected to be removed from government payroll soon

SEOUL, May 15 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae plans to soon remove a disgraced former spokesman at the center of a sexual abuse scandal from the government payroll, an official said Wednesday.Yoon Chang-jung was sacked last week as a ... [Published Yonhap News Agency - May 15 2013]

Entities: Cheong Wa Dae, Yoon Chang-jung, Park Geun-Hye, Sexual Abuse, Seoul

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 8 reports

Get Kaesong back on track

President Park Geun-hye has ordered the Ministry of Unification to propose a meeting with North Korean authorities to retrieve a large amount of finished products and parts supplies left behind in the Kaesong Industrial Complex. In a cabinet meeting yesterday, ... [Published Korea Joongang Daily - May 14 2013]

Entities: Kaesong (North Korea), Pyongyang, South Korea, North Korea

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 4 reports

South Korean President Park Geun-hye apologizes over sex scandal during US trip

Park Geun-hye fired her spokesman Yoon Chang Jung amid allegations that he sexually harassed a South Korean in her 20s temporarily hired by the embassy in Washington to assist with duties related to the president's visit.EnlargeSouth Korean President ... [Published GlobalPost - May 14 2013]

Entities: Park Geun-Hye, Sex Scandal, South Korea

First reported May 13 2013 - Updated May 13 2013 - 4 reports

S Korea leader apologises for sex assault scandal

South Korea's new president has apologised to the nation for her chief spokesman allegedly groping a woman during an official visit to the United States last week.President Park Geun-Hye's spokesman Yoon Chang Jung was sacked and sent home from the US ... [Published ABC Online - May 13 2013]

Entities: South Korea, Sex, Assault

Blogs

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South Korean President Park Geun-hye’s First Vi... [Published CSIS: Publication Feed - May 08 2013] On May 7, President Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea made her first official visit to the United States and had a summit meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House. It is the first meeting between them since they were inaugurated ...
Ubiquitous. Green. Smart. And Now… [Published WSJ.com: Korea Real Time - Jan 24 2013] Watch out for the next buzzword in Korea, “future.” Thanks to President-elect Park Geun-hye, the word “future” is everywhere in the Korean media now. ...
Conservative Park Geun-hye Wins South Korean Pr... [Published The Weekly Standard Blog - Dec 19 2012] Park Geun-hye has been elected South Korea's first female leader. The Korea Herald reports:The 60-year-old candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party won the race by a larger margin than those predicted by the most recent opinion surveys and exit polls. She ...
CSIS Press Briefing: South Korean President Par... [Published CSIS: Event Feed - May 01 2013] The Center for Strategic & International Studies (CSIS) will host a press briefing to discuss South Korean President Park Geun-hye's upcoming meeting with President Barack Obama on May 7th. read more ...
The Park Geun-hye Administration's Foreign and ... [Published CSIS: Publication Feed - May 01 2013] All incoming leaders, especially democratic ones, have to transition from a campaign to a governing mode with all of the structural constraints one isn’t faced with during a prolonged election season. read more ...

Audio/Video

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South Korea's new president hosts banquet [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Feb 25 2013]
South Korean president vows strong action on No... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Mar 08 2013]
South Korea urges North to end provocation [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Mar 26 2013]
Park Geun-Hye's life shaped by politics [Published CNN.com - Video - Dec 20 2012]
South Korean president pledges "strong response... [Published Reuters Video: Top News - Apr 01 2013]

Press Releases

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ISR Foundation: Park Geun-hye Becomes South Kor... [Published PR Newswire: Entertainment & Media - Dec 19 2012]
UANI Issues Statement Regarding South Korean Pr... [Published Business Wire - May 06 2013]