Dictator’s Daughter Wins South Korea Presidency
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 19, 2012 19:07
he daughter of the South Korea’s former military ruler appeared to be leading in Wednesday’s presidential vote, putting her on track to become the country’s first woman head of state although her narrow advantage meant the race was set to go to the wire.
A win for the 60-year old conservative Park Geun-hye would see her return to the presidential palace where she served as her father’s first lady in the 1970s after Park’s mother was assassinated by a North Korean-backed gunman.
Exit polls released by three broadcasters showed Park had 50.1 percent of the vote against 48.9 percent for her left-wing challenger, human rights lawyer Moon Jae-in, in a tight race where the predicted outcome was well within the margin of error.
If she does win, Park will take office for a mandatory single term in February and will face an immediate challenge from a hostile North Korea and deal with an economy in which annual growth rates have fallen to about 2 percent from an average of 5.5 percent in the past 50 years.
She is unmarried and has no children, saying that her life will be devoted to her country.
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