The late President Park Chung Hee left South Korea with two political legacies, as overseer of the nation’s economic miracle and its longest-ruling dictator. Now there’s a third: His daughter is front runner to become the country’s first female president.
Park Geun Hye, 60, who led the New Frontier Party to an unexpected majority in South Korea’s April 11 parliamentary election, has topped opinion polls for 11 weeks, even though she has yet to declare her candidacy for the Dec. 19 election. Park may announce her candidacy as early as next week, according to party officials.
