Election 2017: After Park, who will control the Blue House?

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Election 2017: After Park, who will control the Blue House?

From former chiefs of staff, to populists and multi-millionaires, there's plenty of choice

Donald Kirk December 5, 2016

Election 2017: After Park, who will control the Blue House?

NK News

The wolves are circling to destroy South Korea’s President Park Geun-hye. Can they, however, agree on a single “progressive” candidate in next year's election – or will they fall into deadly wrangling?

While Park’s enemies are howling for the kill, she can only pray that they're all salivating to chase off rivals before hounding her out of the Blue House, the presidential complex on a rise beyond the ancient palace of Korean kings. The major contenders have been on the broad avenue leading to the palace gates every Saturday night for weeks calling for her ouster before hundreds of thousands of protesters.

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Donald Kirk

Donald Kirk is a veteran correspondent and noted author on conflict and crisis from Southeast Asia to the Middle East to Northeast Asia. Don has covered wars from Vietnam to Iraq, focusing on political, diplomatic, economic and social as well as military issues. He is also known for his reporting on North Korea, including the nuclear crisis, human rights and payoffs from South to North Korea preceding the June 2000 inter-Korean summit. Kirk earned his Bachelors at Princeton and a Masters in International Relations from the University of Chicago. He also holds an honorary doctorate of letters from the University of Maryland College Park.

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