Good news for Asia and for the dynamic nation of South Korea! The daughter of the late great leader Park Chung Hee is---I believe---headed for election victory in South Korea tomorrow. South Korea is one of the most admirable nations in Asia, surpassing even its former colonizer Japan from Olympic gold medals, Samsung electronics success to pop culture exports like Korean TV shows or Gangnam Style!

I foresee Ms. Park Geun Hye tomorrow to not only become South Korea's first female leader, but also the first woman to head a nation in north Asia.

(Image below sourced from reuters.com)








(This Nov. 14, 2011 Korea Joongang Daily photo and news caption below sourced from  mengnews.joinsmsn.com)

Representative Park Geun-hye, third from left, former chairwoman of the Grand National Party, commemorates the 94th birthday of her father, former President Park Chung Hee, at his birth place in Gumi, North Gyeongsang, yesterday. A five-meter statue of Park was unveiled. By Gong Jeong-sik

(Image below and news sourced from Associated Press, November 2, 2012)

Park Geun-hye, presidential candidate of the ruling Saenuri Party, burns incense in front of the tomb of her father and former authoritarian President Park Chung-hee at National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea. Park attempts to become the country's first female president and keep the government in conservative hands in the Dec. 19, 2012 election. She has been in the public eye longer than either of her rivals and is a skilled political operator, but she is also hounded by her late father Park Chung-hee's complicated legacy, which continues to divide many South Koreans.