Editing History of South Korea (section)

===Park Geun-hye, 2013–2017===
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[[File:Korea President Park Business Leaders 20130508 01.jpg|thumb|President Park Geun-hye with [[chaebol]] business magnates [[Lee Kun-hee]] and [[Chung Mong-koo]], May 2013]]
[[Park Geun-hye]] was inaugurated in February 2013.<ref>{{cite news |title=Park Geun-hye sworn in as South Korea president |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-21570512 |work=BBC News |date=25 February 2013}}</ref> She is the eleventh President of South Korea and is the eldest child of South Korea's [[Stratocracy|stratocratic]] third President, [[Park Chung Hee]]. She was the first woman to be elected South Korean president, and to be elected as a head of state in the modern history of Northeast Asia.<ref name="New Pres Dec 19 2012">{{cite news|last=Guray|first=Geoffrey Lou|title=South Korea Elects First Female President – Who Is She?|url=https://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/12/south-korea-1.html|publisher=PBS NewsHour|access-date=19 December 2012|date=19 December 2012 <!-- at 12:18 PM EDT -->|archive-date=21 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140121191659/http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/2012/12/south-korea-1.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> Her reputation during her presidency was eventually marred by her incompetency of handling the [[Sinking of MV Sewol|''Sewol'' ferry disaster]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2017/03/11/asia/south-korea-park-impeachment-sewol-ferry/index.html|title=Park impeachment: Bittersweet victory for families of Sewol ferry victims|date=12 March 2017|language=en}}</ref> the [[2015 Middle East respiratory syndrome outbreak in South Korea|2015 MERS outbreak]],<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/13/world/mers-tarnishes-korean-presidents-image-as-leader.html | title=MERS Tarnishes Korean President's Image as Leader | newspaper=The New York Times | date=12 June 2015 | last1=Sang-Hun | first1=Choe }}</ref> and later a major scandal, leading to her impeachment in December 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2016/12/116_219865.html|title=President impeached|date=9 December 2016|newspaper=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=8 February 2017|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2017/01/356_222819.html|title='Scandal is made up of lies,' says Park|date=25 January 2017|newspaper=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=8 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> The [[2016 South Korean political scandal|corruption scandal]] involving [[Choi Soon-sil]] quickly blew up after reports from multiple news organizations (the most notable of which was [[JTBC]]) in 2016, [[2016–2017 South Korean protests|nationwide protests]] ensued weekly, with participant count hitting a maximum of over 2.3 million (as reported by the protesters). These protests turned out to be the biggest mass protests in Korean history. The protests continued even after Congress voted on Park's impeachment. Prime Minister [[Hwang Kyo-ahn]] acted as President of South Korea<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2017/02/07/68/0301000000AEN20170207003651315F.html|title=(LEAD) Acting president warns of N.K. 'strategic' provocations|newspaper=[[Yonhap News Agency]]|access-date=8 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> pending completion of investigations<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2017/02/356_223434.html|title=Park may end up in jail next month|date=7 February 2017|newspaper=[[The Korea Times]]|access-date=8 February 2017|language=en}}</ref> into the actions of [[Park Geun-hye]], and in the absence of any intervening election. The [[Constitutional Court of Korea|Constitutional Court]] upheld the impeachment on 10 March 2017, ending Park's presidency and forcing her out of office.<ref name="impeach0310nyt">{{cite news|last1=Sang-hun|first1=Choe|title=South Korea Removes President Park Geun-hye|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/world/asia/park-geun-hye-impeached-south-korea.html|access-date=10 March 2017|work=The New York Times|date=9 March 2017}}</ref>

In April 2018, former president Park Geun-hye was sentenced to 24 years in jail because of abuse of power and corruption.<ref>{{cite news |title=Park Geun-hye: South Korea's ex-leader jailed for 24 years for corruption |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-43666134 |work=BBC News |date=6 April 2018}}</ref>