Getting To Know Park Geun Hye: South Korea's First Female President Inaugurated

Park Geun Hye, who was President of South Korea from the 2012-2017 era. (Wikimedia Commons)

JAKARTA - No one can confirm that the life of the son of a South Korean dictator (South Korea) will end. Park Geun Hye, for example. The son of the former ruler of South Korea in the 1962-1979 era, Park Chung Hee, actually has great potential to become the next leader of South Korea.

She was able to become South Korea's First Female President since 2013. Park Geun Hye's leadership was initially considered to have brought change. However, the opposite happened. Park is just a disgrace in South Korean history. He is considered incompetent at work and corrupt.

The people of South Korea have never really forgotten the figure of Park Chung Hee. On the one hand, he became a cursed dictator. On the other hand, he is considered the best president of South Korea throughout the masses. His reign invited praise.

South Korea's economy skyrocketed. People's lives have increased. The only problem is that Park Chung Hee forgot how to land. He completely wiped out his political opponents. He also did not provide space for criticism. Finally, only a gun bullet was able to end his power.

Park Chung Hee's death brought deep sadness to the people of South Korea. The sadness grew even more when they found out that the Park Chung Hee era was better than all the figures who had led South Korea.

This condition is evidenced by the enthusiasm of the people of South Korea to support their son, Park Geun Hye in the 2012 South Korean presidential election contestation. The South Korean Freedom Party, which brought Park Geun Hye, felt that the woman would be able to bring economic stability to South Korea.

He will provide space for South Korean women to move to make changes in politics. Those factors do exist. However, the biggest influence of Park Geun Hye's election remains for Park Chung Hee's son.

His father's character made Park Geun Hye superior in many polls. This condition was then able to make Park Geun Hye win the 2012 presidential election. He was then sworn in on February 25, 2013.

His 18-year-old harsh administration has been remembered by many people with bitterness. His government jailed and tortured many dissidents, which Park Chung Hee described as Communist sympathizers who helped North Korea and even banned rock music and mini skirts.

"However, he has consistently been elected as the most popular former president in opinion polls for his role in producing a passionate South Korean economy. The rapid revival of the Korean War ruins that have built a growing middle class has made South Korean companies feared by their competitors and restored the nation's dignity," said Choe Sang Hun in his article in Tempo magazine entitledEx-Dictator's Daughter Elected President as South Korea Rejects Sharp Change (2012).

The beginning of Park Geun Hye's leadership was greeted with great fanfare. He is considered to be able to overcome the challenges of economic growth. He tries to provide jobs. He also wants to work with big companies from South Korea for that.

In fact, the people of South Korea have chosen the wrong president just because he is the son of a popular leader. He is like a doll controlled by his friend, Choi Soon Sil, a pastor's son. Choi, who is no one in the government, actually interferes a lot with state affairs.

Choi took advantage of his closeness to Park Geun Hye to blackmail major companies in South Korea, from Samsung to Lotte. Choi was also able to access many state secrets. In fact, he can access speeches to change speech. That said, he traded state secrets.

Choi also included the money that was extorted into his foundation of approximately 70 million US dollars. Park Geun Hye herself is considered to have enjoyed up to 25 million US dollars for Choi's actions. This condition made Choi often referred to as Rasputin by the people of South Korea.

The name refers to the shaman and adviser to the Russian Empire, Nicolai II (Russia's last Tsar) who took advantage of her closeness to smooth out her desire. The people of South Korea were furious when the scandal emerged to the public in 2016.

The actions of the people of South Korea took to the streets. Those who took to the streets reached hundreds of thousands of people. They simultaneously brought an important message: Park Geun Hye got out of the presidency.

Park Geun Hye's impeachment plan began to be held in the South Korean Parliament at the end of 2016. As a result, 235 of the 300 members of the National Assembly chose to impeach Park Geun Hye. At its peak, the Constitutional Court determines his fate in the presidency.

As a result, Park Geun Hye is considered to have violated the South Korean constitution and law. Park Geun Hye was impeached on March 10, 2017. Both Park Geun Hye and Choi were then both sentenced to prison for their actions that jostled the constitution.

Former South Korean president Park Geun Hye has been sentenced to 24 years in prison for abuse of power and corruption, in a scandal that uncovered a network of frauds between political leaders and conglomerates, as well as the power of figures such as Rasputin at the top of the government.

Park, was not present in the verdict on Friday, due to illness, and has boycotted the trial since October. Park has one week to appeal a series of charges against him ranging from corruption to retaining the artist's blacklist," Benjamin Haas said in South Korea: Former President Park Geun Hye Sentened to 24 Years in Jail(2018).