All posts tagged "Park Geun-hye"

  • President Park Geun-hye visited a southern port Paengmok of Jindo  Island Sunday, where the ferry victims have been camping out , awaiting news of the fate of their loved ones. / Yonhap
    Park visits shipwreck site, meets families of victims

    (YONHAP) President Park Geun-hye visited a southern port Sunday where families of the victims in last month’s ferry accident have been camping out, amid search operations to find the bodies of those still missing from the ship...

    • Posted May 5, 2014
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    Online posts against President Park stacking up

    By Joel Lee Cheong Wa Dae’s official website has been swarmed with posts critical of President Park Geun-hye over the sunken ferry Sewol. A post entitled, “The reason you mustn’t be the president,” written by the 35-year-old...

    • Posted May 1, 2014
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye, right, comforts a mourner as she pays tribute to the victims of the sunken ferry Sewol at a group memorial altar in Ansan, south of Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 29, 2014.  (Yonhap)
    President Park apologizes over ferry disaster

    SEOUL, April 29 (Yonhap) — President Park Geun-hye apologized Tuesday over the deadly sinking of the ferry Sewol, saying the government failed to prevent the disaster and bungled its initial response to and handling of one of...

    • Posted April 29, 2014
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    President Park’s approval ratings drop sharply

    By Chung Min-uck President Park Geun-hye has seen her popularity ratings slide due to the government’s incompetent handling of the sinking of the ferry Sewol, which is feared to claim more than 300 lives. According to Realmeter,...

    • Posted April 28, 2014
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    Obama, Park agree to reconsider wartime command transfer

    SEOUL, April 25 (Yonhap) — South Korean President Park Geun-hye and U.S. President Barack Obama agreed Friday that the two allies can reconsider the timing of next year’s transfer of wartime control of South Korean troops from...

    • Posted April 25, 2014
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye enters a conference room at the Blue House on April 21. / Yonhap
    [HOT LINKS] Was Park right to condemn ferry crew?

    Ms. Park faced some online criticism for deflecting attention away from the government’s handling of the crisis, but also appeared to reflect public sentiment against the captain and crew. “Are you making a fire...

    • Posted April 22, 2014
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  • South Korean President Park Geun-hye enters the conference room Monday. / Yonhap
    S. Korea President Park calls ferry captain’s actions “murder”

    By Kim Tae-gyu President Park Geun-hye vowed Monday to punish all those to blame for the ferry disaster in which the death toll may eventually climb past 300. The Sewol, carrying 476 passengers, sank in waters off...

    • Posted April 21, 2014
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