Park Geun-hye to become first president of Park -- its 18th female leader . Park writes it 's easy to look at Park 's future presidency as sign of social change . We can appreciate its significance even more when this change is juxtaposed with the 1990s when many pregnant women in South Korea aborted female fetuses to ensure that they would have at least one son among one or two children they were willing to bear . Park 's father 's legacy has propelled her political career , writes Moon . Moon : Park Geun-hye 's political record lacks support of policies promoting gender equality .
Park Geun-hye to become first president of Park -- its 18th female leader . Park writes it 's easy to look at Park 's future presidency as sign of social change . Park 's father 's legacy has propelled her political career , writes Moon . Moon : Park Geun-hye 's political record lacks support of policies promoting gender equality .