First Woman Nominated in S. Korea’s Presidency

Park Geun Hye, the daughter of a former South Korean authoritarian president, was nominated as the ruling party’s presidential candidate on Monday, becoming the first woman in the country to be chosen to run for president.

Park Geun-Hye (C) reacts after being elected as a presidential candidate during a national convention of the New Frontier Party for a presidential primary in Goyang, north of Seoul, on August 20, 2012. Jung Yeon-Je/AFP/Getty Images