When the rest of the world elected women leaders

S. Korea elects first female president (December 2012)

Los Angeles Times cov­er­age of Park Geun-hye’s elec­tion as pres­id­ent of South Korea.

“Des­pite the ro­bust demo­cracy in this coun­try of 50 mil­lion people, the irony was not lost that both Koreas will now be gov­erned by the off­spring of auto­crat­ic lead­ers.”

Sources: Los Angeles Times, December 20, 2012.