South Korean President Park Geun Hye is facing her first major political challenge since being denied a parliamentary majority last month, with the opposition threatening to block her political agenda over a song.
The flap is over who should sing a pro-democracy anthem symbolizing a bloody 1980 uprising at a ceremony Wednesday to mark the 36th anniversary of the event. The two main opposition parties, which together won a majority of seats in elections last month, demanded that everyone at the ceremony, not just a designated choir, sing “March for the Beloved.”
