S. Korea’s ruling party picks Park Geun-Hye as presidential candidate August 20, 2012 - 12:15 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - South Korea's ruling party overwhelmingly picked veteran politician Park Geun-Hye Monday, August 20, as its presidential candidate, the first time a major Korean party has chosen a woman to run for the post, according to AFP. Park, the daughter of an assassinated dictator, secured a landslide victory over four male challengers at the primary of the conservative New Frontier Party. Opinion polls show her well placed to win the presidency in the December 19 vote. Park, now 60, had narrowly lost out to Lee Myung-Bak in the party's 2007 primary. Lee went on to become president but the country's leaders are restricted to a single five-year term. Partner news  Top stories The agent shot in self-defense in the incident, which occurred at Todashev's house, the law enforcement source said. Only three senators on the committee - Republican Ron Paul and Democrats Tom Udall and Chris Murphy - opposed the bill. If true, the exclusion of Rafsanjani and Mashaie would leave the presidential race dominated by hardline conservatives. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer of the Oklahoma medical examiner's office, said 51 were confirmed dead.   Partner news |  Latest news Aleppo Armenian abducted by Islamists, given 3 months in jail  The head of the Armenian General Benevolent Union office Hagop Mikaelyan was given jail term for supporting President Assad.Spotify, Netflix say no plans to launch BlackBerry 10 apps Both streaming services have ruled out catering to the mobile operating system, which runs on devices such as the Q10, Q5 and Z10.OSCE mission conducts monitoring of NKR-Azerbaijan contact line The monitoring passed in accordance with the agreed schedule; no violation of the cease-fire regime was noted.Soderbergh to present “Koyaanisqatsi” helmer’s film at Toronto Fest Soderbergh is currently receiving acclaim for his HBO film "Behind the Candelabra," which premiered at Cannes. |
