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December 20, 2012

Korea's New President Must Challenge N. Korea

Sung-Yoon Lee, New York Times

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PARK GEUN-HYE, who was elected yesterday to be South Korea’s first female president, will also become the first elected female leader anywhere in the Confucian civilization, which consists of China, Japan, North and South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore and Vietnam, and makes up nearly a quarter of the world’s population.

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TAGGED: South Korea, North Korea, Park Geun-hye

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