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SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday selected her justice minister to become the new prime minister — a post that has become something of a poisoned chalice under her administration.Hwang Kyo-Ahn, 58, was named as the new prime minister after his predecessor, Lee Wan-Koo, was implicated in a

By our correspondents
May 22, 2015
SEOUL: South Korean President Park Geun-Hye on Thursday selected her justice minister to become the new prime minister — a post that has become something of a poisoned chalice under her administration.
Hwang Kyo-Ahn, 58, was named as the new prime minister after his predecessor, Lee Wan-Koo, was implicated in a major bribery scandal and forced to quit in April after serving only two months.