Park Geun Hye Dresden Speech
One year ago today on march 28 2014 president park geun hye of south korea delivered what she clearly hoped would be a historic speech in the former east german city of dresden calling for reconciliation and reunification of the divided peninsula.
Park geun hye dresden speech. People to people contacts enhanced co operation and so on. South korean media reported on monday that multiple speeches by president park including the dresden speech from 2014 were reviewed and edited by choi sun sil. Born 2 february 1952 is a former south korean politician who served as president of south korea from 2013 to 2017. Often in english ˈ p ɑːr k ˌ ɡ ʊ n ˈ h eɪ.
Park was the first woman to be president of south korea and also the first female president popularly elected as head of state. The address was titled an initiative for peaceful unification on the korean peninsula. Following up on aidan foster carter s analysis of rok president park geun hye s dresden speech let me add a few subjective thoughts since the event took place in my home region. The apology comes amid an ongoing scandal around the revelations that choi who had not received security clearances had played a role in government policy making.
Following is the full text of south korean president park geun hye s speech in the former east german city of dresden on friday. Park was hardly the first rok president in fact she was the fourth to use reunified germany as launching pad for a volley of proposals targeted at north korea. In a speech to the nation south korean president park geun hye said tuesday that she ll resign if parliament comes up with a plan to transfer power her latest attempt to fend off impeachment. The south korean president park geun hye gives a speech in dresden germany.
All in all this speech is a remarkably frank but not necessarily a very sensitive document particularly from an east german perspective. To suggest that she made history is surely premature. The address was titled an initiative for peaceful unification on. Park will receive an honorary doctorate and give a speech at dresden s technical university on march 28 according to a schedule e mailed by the saxony state government.