Park Geun-hye, daughter of Park Chung-hee, President of South Korea from 1961 to 1979, is now one of the two likely candidates to succeed President Lee Myung-bak. While Park derives some of her power from her family pedigree, she has proven to be an astute and seasoned politician –&nbsp;one who climbed the Grand National Party’s leadership ladder over the last two decades to emerge as a national figure.
东亚地区的妇女也在政治上不断崛起。韩国前总统朴正熙之女朴槿惠目前是李明博卸任后的两大总统热门人选之一。虽然继承了祖荫，但朴槿惠已经证明了自己是个机敏而老练的政治家——她历经20年才爬上韩国大国家党最高领导层并成为全国知名人物。她在推动一个大型妇女事务议程方面的作为使人们对亚洲新领袖权力的评估又增添了一个新视角。