May 10th, 2013 at 5:44 am » Comments (27)

Via various reader tips comes news that the President Park’s spokesman has been accused of committing a sexual assault during their trip to the US: President Park Geun-hye’s first official visit to the United States ended in one of the worst ways possible Friday with her spokesman being fired amid allegations that he had sexually assaulted a woman during the trip. The allegations sparked public outrage in South Korea and dealt a serious blow to Park just as she was beginning to regain public confidence through her handling of tensions
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May 9th, 2013 at 1:10 pm » Comments (16)

South Korean President Park Geun-hye wears three different hanbok, the traditional Korean costume, while touring the United States on May 6-9, 2013 for a summit meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama and other events. (Yonhap)

April 29th, 2013 at 6:51 pm » Comments (6)

I have to say that I do like how President Park Geun-hye called the North Korean’s bluff in regards to the Kaesong Industrial Complex: South Korean President Park Geun-hye on Monday lashed out at North Korea, calling it “too unpredictable” over its unilateral suspension of a jointly run factory complex, saying there is nothing Pyongyang can achieve unless it becomes responsible about its promises. Park made the remark during a meeting with two U.S. lawmakers — Rep. Steve Chabot, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs subcommittee on Asia and the
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March 13th, 2013 at 1:47 pm » Comments (3)

President Park Geun-hye (6th from R) cheers with newly commissioned officers during a joint officer commissioning ceremony of South Korea’s army, air force and naval academies at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters in South Chungcheong Province, some 160 kilometers south of Seoul, on March 8, 2013. (Yonhap)

March 12th, 2013 at 4:24 am » Comments (2)

For ROK Heads living in the DC area you may have a chance to spot President Park in town this May: SEOUL, March 12 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye will visit the United States on her first overseas trip as president, and the two countries are working on details to set up the trip for early May, the presidential spokesman said Tuesday. When Park will make her first overseas trip as South Korea’s president and whether the destination will be the U.S. has been a focus of media
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February 25th, 2013 at 1:09 pm » Comments (6)

President Park Geun-hye (R) shakes hands with Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra during a meeting at the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae in Seoul on Feb. 25, 2013. The meeting came after Park arrived at the office following her inauguration ceremony earlier in the day. Park, 61, is South Korea’s first female president and the first child of a former president to assume the top office. She is returning to the presidential house that she left in bitter tears 34 years ago after the assassination of her father, former President
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February 25th, 2013 at 7:02 am » Comments (7)

It will be interesting to continue to watch the reaction of the North Koreans in the coming months as they are sure to try and test her to see what they can get away with: SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye took the oath of office Monday, pledging to revitalize the slumping economy and warning North Korea that the communist nation will be the “biggest victim” of its own nuclear programs. “As president of the Republic of Korea, I will live up to the will of
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February 25th, 2013 at 2:57 am » Comments (2)

I have a feeling President-Elect Park will be making plenty of more visits to CFC leadership in the future to deal with more North Korean provocations: President-elect Park Geun-hye yesterday visited the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command and reaffirmed her commitment to the military alliance with the United States following North Korea’s third nuclear test. Park becomes the first woman president of Korea on Monday – and the first female commander-in-chief of the nation’s military. In an apparent move to ease concerns about a possible weakening of national security, Park
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January 31st, 2013 at 2:33 am » Comments (6)

This really shouldn’t be too surprising that Park Geun-hye would have arguable Korea’s most well known celebrity internationally to perform at her inauguration: Popular rapper Psy, who recently apologized for advocating the killing of U.S. troops in 2004, will perform at South Korea’s presidential inauguration next month, according to the committee handling the event. Psy, whose full name is Park Jae-sang, will be among several performers at the Feb. 25 inauguration of Park Geun-hye at the National Assembly. The event is expected to be attended by 60,000 people, according to
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January 17th, 2013 at 2:10 am » Comments (31)

It should no be surprising that the incoming President of Korea Park Geun-hye is a strong supporter of the US-ROK alliance, but that doesn’t mean that Washington is going to have an easy time getting the changes to the alliance that they may try and advocate for: South Korean President-elect Park Geun-hye said Wednesday she will work closely with the United States to further upgrade the traditional alliance with Washington and to smoothly resolve pending issues based on mutual trust. Park made the remark during a meeting with a delegation
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