Park Geun-hye
President of South Korea from 2013 to 2017
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| December 31 2022 | Released from prison. |
| May 10 2022 | New President Yoon Suk-yeol invited Park to his inauguration ceremony. |
| March 24 2022 | Returns home after her release from prison. |
| December 31 2021 | Park was released from prison. |
| December 24 2021 | Receives a presidential pardon on compassionate grounds from President Moon Jae-in. |
| January 2021 | South Korea's top court upheld the 20-year prison sentence, finalizing the legal process. |
| January 4 2021 | Park Geun-hye was granted a presidential pardon by President Moon Jae-in, which reduced her prison sentence and allowed her release from detention. |
| July 2020 | An appellate court reduced Park's prison sentence to 20 years after a retrial, and cleared her of charges of alleged extortion from conglomerates. |
| 2018 | Park received additional prison sentences: five years for illegally taking off-the-books funds from the National Intelligence Service and two years for illegally interfering in the Saenuri Party primaries. |
| April 6 2018 | Sentenced to 24 years in prison (later increased to 25 years) for corruption and abuse of power. |
| 2017 | Planned implementation of state-issued history textbooks in middle and high schools, a policy that was part of the controversial educational reforms initiated by Park Geun-hye. |
| 2017 | President Moon Jae-in, Park's successor, unilaterally terminated the 2015 comfort women agreement, stating that the deal was seriously flawed. |
| 2017 | The National Intelligence Service admitted to conducting an illicit campaign to influence the 2012 presidential election, using psychological warfare teams to help Park defeat Moon. |
| April 17 2017 | Park was formally charged with abuse of power, bribery, coercion, and leaking government secrets, which she denied during five rounds of interrogation. |
| March 26 2017 | South Korean prosecutors announced they were seeking an arrest warrant against Park. |
| March 10 2017 | Park Geun-hye was arrested by South Korean prosecutors at the Seoul Detention Center in connection with a massive corruption scandal that led to her impeachment and removal from the presidency. |
| March 10 2017 | The Constitutional Court unanimously upheld the impeachment, officially removing Park Geun-hye from the presidency and ending her term prematurely. |
| December 9 2016 | The National Assembly voted to impeach Park Geun-hye following a major political corruption scandal involving her close friend Choi Soon-sil, who was accused of improperly influencing government affairs. |
| November 29 2016 | A massive nationwide protest began in Seoul, with millions of South Koreans demonstrating against Park Geun-hye, demanding her resignation due to a corruption scandal involving her close friend Choi Soon-sil. |
| November 29 2016 | Park offered to resign as president and invited the National Assembly to arrange a transfer of power, which was rejected by opposition parties. |
| November 19 2016 | Another 1 million people participated in national protests after Park refused to cooperate with investigations. |
| November 12 2016 | Over 1 million citizens participated in protests at Gwanghwamun Square demanding Park's resignation or impeachment. |
| November 4 2016 | Park's approval ratings dramatically fell to 4-5 percent as details of her relationship with Choi Soon-sil were investigated and exposed in the South Korean political scandal. |
| October 28 2016 | Park dismissed key members of her top office staff as her approval ratings dramatically fell to 4%, becoming one of the lowest in Korean political history. |
| October 25 2016 | Park publicly acknowledged her close ties with Choi Soon-sil, a controversial confidant with no official government position who had access to confidential documents. |
| May 1 2016 | Park became the first South Korean president to visit Iran, leading a 236-member delegation of businessmen and entrepreneurs. During her three-day visit to Tehran, she met with Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, signing 19 bilateral agreements to expand mutual cooperation and discussing potential trade volume increase from $6 billion to $18 billion. |
| April 13 2016 | Park Geun-hye suffered a significant political setback when the Saenuri Party lost its majority and first-party status in the National Assembly elections. Her party's poor performance was attributed to her involvement in the election and nomination process, with Park loyalists performing poorly in constituency elections. |
| January 2016 | Dealt with escalating tensions with North Korea after their fourth nuclear test, leading to the closure of the Kaesong Industrial Complex and suspension of inter-Korean economic cooperation. |
| 2015 | Park Geun-hye reached a controversial agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe regarding comfort women. Japan apologized and provided 1 billion yen ($8.8 million) towards an assistance fund, with both governments agreeing the issue would be 'irreversibly resolved'. |
| November 15 2015 | Around 80,000 anti-government protesters confronted government forces in Seoul, demanding Park Geun-hye's resignation. The protests were sparked by business-friendly labour policies and plans to mandate state-issued history textbooks. Security forces responded with tear gas and water cannons when protesters attempted to breach police barricades. |
| September 2015 | Park's approval rating increased to 54 percent following her diplomatic efforts that defused a military standoff with North Korea. |
| September 2 2015 | Attended the commemorative military parade in Beijing marking the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, indicating her efforts to improve relations with China. |
| August 2015 | Park Geun-hye's administration faced significant criticism after the tragic Sewol ferry disaster, with public dissatisfaction growing over the government's response to the maritime tragedy that occurred in April 2014. |
| August 14 2015 | Established the Northeast Asia Peace and Cooperation Platform during her presidency, aiming to improve regional diplomatic and economic cooperation. |
| June 25 2015 | Park Geun-hye made a controversial public statement about political betrayal targeting Yu Seungmin, a Saenuri Party member, which was criticized by professor Jo Guk and politician Moon Jae-in for potentially violating the Public Official Election Act. |
| May 26 2015 | President Park Geun-hye urged the head of the Asian Development Bank to cooperate with South Korea and the China-led Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank. |
| April 27 2015 | Lee Wan-koo resigned as Prime Minister, with Hwang Kyo-ahn appointed to the position. |
| February 16 2015 | Chung Hong-won resigned as Prime Minister, with Lee Wan-koo taking over the position. |
| January 2015 | Park's approval rating dropped to 30 percent, partially due to the sinking of the MV Sewol and ongoing disputes with North Korea. |
| January 11 2015 | By this date, Park had held only four press conferences since becoming president, with three being public speeches without questions and answers, and one featuring pre-submitted questions and prepared responses, leading to criticism of her communication style. |
| January 1 2015 | Park Geun-hye delivered her New Year's address, emphasizing national unity and economic revitalization as key priorities for her administration. |
| 2014 | Receives an honorary doctoral degree from TU Dresden. |
| 2014 | Ranked 46th on Forbes' list of the world's most powerful people and considered the most powerful woman in East Asia. |
| November 2014 | Park Geun-hye met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing, marking an important diplomatic engagement to improve South Korea-China relations during her presidency. |
| November 2014 | In November 2014, Park Geun-hye's government pushed forward with controversial labor reform legislation, which faced strong opposition from labor unions and opposition parties. |
| November 19 2014 | The Ministry of Public Safety and Security was officially established, marking the conclusion of the Korea Coast Guard and National Emergency Management Agency's previous control. |
| May 2014 | Park warned about potential 'nuclear domino effect' if North Korea conducted a new nuclear test, suggesting neighboring countries might seek nuclear armament in response. |
| May 18 2014 | Park announced plans to restructure South Korea's coastguard in response to the MV Sewol ferry disaster, proposing to transfer investigation and information roles to the National Police and rescue operations to a new Department for National Safety. |
| April 2014 | Tatsuya Kato, a Japanese journalist from Sankei Shimbun, was indicted on defamation charges by the Supreme Prosecutors' Office for reporting on Park's relationship with Chung Yoon-hoi after the MV Sewol sank. |
| April 16 2014 | Park Geun-hye's presidency was dramatically impacted by the Sewol Ferry disaster, where a ferry sank off the southwestern coast of South Korea, resulting in the deaths of 304 people, mostly high school students. Her leadership and response to the tragedy were heavily criticized, which significantly damaged her political reputation. |
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