New Zealand Embassy Seoul, South Korea

Madam Park Geun-hye elected as next President of Republic of Korea

New Zealand Prime Minister John Key and President-elect Park Geun-hye of the Republic of Korea in Seoul, March 2012. (Credit: Prime Minister's Office)

Madam Park Geun-hye of the ruling Saenuri Party was elected as the next President of the Republic of Korea on 19 December 2012.