South Korea's Park offers a fresh start but scant detail in budget debut


  • World
  • Monday, 18 Nov 2013

South Korea's President Park Geun-hye addresses a joint news conference with European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso (unseen) during a EU-South Korea summit at the EU Council in Brussels November 8, 2013. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korean President Park Geun-hye used her debut speech in parliament, nine months after taking office, to call a fresh start in Asia's fourth largest economy as she urged legislators to pass her first budget.

The country's first woman president, elected in December last year and in office since February, again outlined her vision of a "creative" economy and a country "where every person can be happy" but failed to announce any meaningful measures.

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