Return to Transcripts main page   Park Geun-hye Becomes South
Korea`s First Female President; Rat Problem in Lower Manhattan
Aired February 25, 2013 - 04:00:00   ET      CARL AZUZ, CNN
ANCHOR: Hi. Welcome to a new week of CNN STUDENT NEWS. I`m Carl
Azuz. First up today, a little history in the making: four of
these famous first were heading over to South Korea. As of
today, that country has a brand new leader. Park Geun-hye is 61
years old. She won the presidential election last December and
by now you`ve probably guessed why her win is historic. Park is
South Korea`s first female president. But it`s not the first
time she`s been connected to the South Korean presidency. In
fact, her experience around this job started when she was
younger than all of you.  While the world may not know much
about South Korea`s first female president, the life of Park
Geun-hye and her family fill her nation`s history books. Born
into politics, her father Park Chung-hee was described by some
as the country`s first dictator. He