Topic: Park Chung-hee
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In South Korea, Kim Jong-un's New Year speech generates surprise - and doubt
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un called for economic reform and expressed a wish to improve relations with South Korea, departing from the usual North Korea rhetoric.
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South Korea charges North building missile that could reach US
South Korean officials say they have evidence that North Korea is working on an intercontinental ballistic missile that could reach as far as the United States.
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South Korea's president-elect promises aid to North
South Korea's incoming president, Park Geun-hye, says she will reach out to the North and offer humanitarian aid. Some analysts doubt her sincerity and expect her to take a more moderate approach.
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South Korea's president-elect promises 'new era of change'
Park Geun-hye's calls for inter-Korean dialogue are mixed with a firm stance against compromise.
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South Korea's new female president could renew talks with North Korea
In a televised speech by South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye, she mentioned North Korea's recent rocket launch, and emphasized the importance of engagement and aid with the neighboring nation.
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South Korea elects its first woman president, Park Geun-hye
Conservative candidate Park Geun-hye has made history by winning South Korea's presidential election, becoming the country's first female president-elect after defeating her liberal rival.
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Exit polls: South Korea to get first woman president
A win for 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 her mother was assassinated.
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South Koreans take to the polls
On Wednesday South Korea will elect a new president. Recent polls indicate conservative Park Geun-hye may beat out challenger Moon Jae-in. Chilly weather is likely to influence voter turnout.
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Dictator's daughter leading polls ahead of South Korean election
Conservative candidate Park Geun-hye holds the slight edge ahead of an election Wednesday that could affect relations with North Korea.
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As North Korea celebrates surprise rocket launch, alarm mounts abroad (+video)
North Korea went ahead with a rocket launch despite international pressure to call it off. Critics say the launch masks a weapons development effort and is a clear violation of UN sanctions.
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North Korea preps for rocket launch despite international warnings
Many are concerned that North Korea's rocket launch is cover for developing the technology to attach a nuclear warhead to a long-range missile capable of going as far as Hawaii, Alaska, or the US West Coast.
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South Korea blocks activists from air dropping leaflets over North (+video)
South Korean police unexpectedly blocked activists from sending pro-democracy leaflets across the border by balloon, after North Korea threatened a 'merciless' retaliation.
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North Korea threatens US after it helps South Korea
The question now is whether the furor over missiles actually marks another step on the way to a much more serious confrontation, or is simply another exercise in a long-running game of dare.
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South Korean conservative politician could become first female president
Park Geun-hye won her New Frontier Party's presidential primary easily. Polls show Park is ahead of any of the declared liberal opponents by double digits for December's election.
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Why is North Korea threatening to conduct a nuclear test? (+video)
First, to make up for the embarrassment of the failed missile; second, the regime's past nuclear tests didn't go very well.
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As North Korea plans missile launch, South Korea's conservatives edge out liberals
Conservative candidates did surprisingly well in elections seen as a test of South Korea's policies. Economy and North Korea may be factors.
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Leftist wins Seoul mayoral race: How it could alter South Korea's ties with North Korea
Voters in Seoul elected a leftist for mayor and showed their discontent with the status quo. The winner, Park Won-soon, ran on a message of 'change' that could affect South Korea's ties with North Korea.
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What Egypt can learn from South KoreaTwenty years ago, Seoul looked much like Cairo does today.
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North Korea releases American to Jimmy Carter with a message - and a snub
Jimmy Carter left North Korea with American Aijalon Gomes and a message that Kim Jong-il wants to resume six-party talks, even if he didn't want to talk to Carter.
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Sinking South Korea's ship wouldn't be North Korea's first provocative act
Since South Korea's ship the Cheonan went down, Seoul has been careful not to jump to conclusions about North Korean involvement. But the list of provocative acts by the north is long.
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South Korea pushes to recycle nuclear power plant fuel
As a growing nuclear power plant builder and exporter, South Korea wants to reprocess nuclear fuel. That's counter to a US deal.
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Kim Dae-jung: controversial bid for 'sunshine'
The one-time democracy advocate and then president of South Korea, he focused on trying to improve relations with the North.
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Korea's history: What text should high-schoolers read?
Conservatives want to revise high-school texts that they say are dominated by a leftist outlook.
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