Park Geun-hye sworn in as South Korea president
Park Geun-hye was sworn-in as South Korea's new president Monday, becoming the first woman to lead the country.
Park said she would work to reinvigorate South Korea's economy and warned North Korea against pursuing its nuclear ambitions, Yonhap News Agency reported.Ms Park, who defeated liberal rival Moon Jae-in in December's general election, took the oath of office in front of tens of thousands of people.North Korea's recent nuclear test posed a "challenge to the survival" of the Korean people, North Korea's recent nuclear test posed a "challenge to the survival" of the Korean people, she said.
Trust-building was needed to tackle the "extremely serious" security situation."I will usher in a new era of hope whereby the happiness of each citizen becomes the bedrock of our nation's strength which in turn is shared by and benefits all Koreans," she said.
When she was elected last December, Park broke barriers in the patriarchal East Asian nation, though she is deeply connected to its past. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was one of the founders of modern Korea who took power after a coup d'etat and ruled heavy-handedly for 18 years before being shot dead by his intelligence chief in 1979.
Park, 61, is the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee, who was assassinated 34 years ago.
Her inauguration was marked with a celebratory striking of the Boshingak bell at the center of Seoul at midnigh
She visited the North Korean capital in 2002 and met with its late leader Kim Jong Il. Since then, his son Kim Jong Un has taken over in Pyongyang, continuing a policy of defiant work on the country's budding nuclear program, including a test earlier this month that drew widespread international condemnation.
She also promised a "clean, transparent and competent government".
"I will endeavour to shed popular distrust of government and strive to elevate the capital of trust," she said.
Park Geun-hye was sworn-in as South Korea's new president Monday, becoming the first woman to lead the country.
Park said she would work to reinvigorate South Korea's economy and warned North Korea against pursuing its nuclear ambitions, Yonhap News Agency reported.Ms Park, who defeated liberal rival Moon Jae-in in December's general election, took the oath of office in front of tens of thousands of people.North Korea's recent nuclear test posed a "challenge to the survival" of the Korean people, North Korea's recent nuclear test posed a "challenge to the survival" of the Korean people, she said.
Trust-building was needed to tackle the "extremely serious" security situation."I will usher in a new era of hope whereby the happiness of each citizen becomes the bedrock of our nation's strength which in turn is shared by and benefits all Koreans," she said.
When she was elected last December, Park broke barriers in the patriarchal East Asian nation, though she is deeply connected to its past. Her father, Park Chung-hee, was one of the founders of modern Korea who took power after a coup d'etat and ruled heavy-handedly for 18 years before being shot dead by his intelligence chief in 1979.
Park, 61, is the daughter of former President Park Chung-hee, who was assassinated 34 years ago.
Her inauguration was marked with a celebratory striking of the Boshingak bell at the center of Seoul at midnigh
She visited the North Korean capital in 2002 and met with its late leader Kim Jong Il. Since then, his son Kim Jong Un has taken over in Pyongyang, continuing a policy of defiant work on the country's budding nuclear program, including a test earlier this month that drew widespread international condemnation.
She also promised a "clean, transparent and competent government".
"I will endeavour to shed popular distrust of government and strive to elevate the capital of trust," she said.
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