When Park Geun-hye became South Korea’s first female president four years ago, she won a decisive 52% of the vote—the highest of any candidate since the country started holding direct elections in 1987. Park, who prevailed in a race of six candidates, marked the historic moment by talking about “a new era of hope.”

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