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Japan envoy Bessho holds talks with Saenuri Party chairman

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party chairman Kim Moo Sung (R) shakes hands with Japanese Ambassador to South Korea Koro Bessho at Seoul's National Assembly Building on Sept. 2, 2014, before their talks. Kim criticized the Abe government over its views on history and said Japan should change its stance toward South Korea for better bilateral ties.

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S. Korean ruling party picks new leader

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean lawmaker Kim Moo Sung is pictured in this undated photo. South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party chose Kim as its new chairman at a party convention in Seoul on July 14, 2014.

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S. Korean ruling party elects new party chief

SEOUL, South Korea - Kim Moo Sung, a five-term South Korean lawmaker, speaks at a convention of the ruling Saenuri Party in Seoul on July 14, 2014, after being elected its new chairman.

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Chairman of S. Korea's Saenuri Party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L) and Hwang Woo Yea, chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. Hwang, a close aide to South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye, was visiting Japan as leader of a delegation of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union.

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Chairman of S. Korea's Saenuri Party

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (L, front) and Hwang Woo Yea (R, front), chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party, hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on Jan. 9, 2013. Hwang, a close aide to South Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye, was visiting Japan as leader of a delegation of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union.

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Aide to incoming S. Korean Pres. Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Hwang Woo Yea, chairman of South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party and a close aide to incoming South Korean President Park Geun Hye, is seen at Seoul's Gimpo airport on Jan. 8, 2013, before departing for Japan. Hwang, also leader of the Korea-Japan Parliamentarians' Union, is slated to meet with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe the following day.

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Supporters for Park, Moon

SEOUL, South Korea - Combination photo taken in Seoul on Dec. 8, 2012, shows supporters for Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election, and supporters for opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In. Media exit polls conducted on the election day showed a majority of voters in their 20s and 30s voted for Moon, while a majority of voters in their 50s, 60s and above voted for Park, who won the election.

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S. Korean president-elect Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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S. Korean president-elect Park

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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S. Korean president-elect

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference at party headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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Park visits father's grave

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (R) of the ruling Saenuri Party observes a moment of silence at a national cemetery in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012. At the cemetery she visited the grave of her assassinated father, former South Korean President Park Chung Hee, after winning the South Korean presidential election the previous day.

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S. Korean president-elect

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference at party headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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Park visits father's grave

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (R front) of the ruling Saenuri Party visits a national cemetery in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012. At the cemetery she visited the grave of her assassinated father, former South Korean President Park Chung Hee, after winning the South Korean presidential election the previous day.

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S. Korean president-elect

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference at party headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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S. Korean president-elect

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference at party headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012, the day after winning the South Korean presidential election.

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Park visits father's grave

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (R) of the ruling Saenuri Party offers incense at a national cemetery in Seoul on Dec. 20, 2012. At the cemetery she visited the grave of her assassinated father, former South Korean President Park Chung Hee, after winning the South Korean presidential election the previous day.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party waves to supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party celebrates with supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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Park elected S. Korean president

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (C) of the ruling Saenuri Party celebrates with supporters at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. Park won the South Korean presidential election, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, waves to supporters as she arrives at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, smiles as she arrives at the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, with projections showing she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Supporters of Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after learning she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Supporters of Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate in South Korea's presidential election, celebrate in front of the party's headquarters in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, after learning she is set to win the race, beating Democratic United Party rival Moon Jae In.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - People watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In at Seoul station on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the projected result of the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye (R) and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the opposition Democratic United Party clap in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, as they watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential election race between the party's candidate Moon Jae In and ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows the projected result of the South Korean presidential race between ruling Saenuri Party candidate Park Geun Hye (L) and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Members of the ruling Saenuri Party clap in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012, as they watch a TV report on the South Korean presidential election race between the party's candidate Park Geun Hye and opposition Democratic United Party candidate Moon Jae In, after the polls closed at 6 p.m. the same day.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, casts her vote at a polling station in Seoul on Dec. 19, 2012. (Pool photo)

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Combination photo shows Park Geun Hye (L), the ruling Saenuri Party candidate in South Korea's presidential election, and Moon Jae In (R), the opposition Democratic United Party candidate, casting their votes on Dec. 19, 2012. Park's photo is a pool photo.

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S. Korean presidential election

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party responds to cheering supporters in Busan on Dec. 18, 2012, the day before the election.

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S. Korean presidential election

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party responds to cheering supporters in Busan on Dec. 18, 2012, the day before the election.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party speaks during a press conference in Seoul on Dec. 18, 2012, the day before the election.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate for South Korea's Dec. 19, 2012, presidential election, gives a stump speech in Seoul on Dec. 11, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, the ruling Saenuri Party's candidate for South Korea's Dec. 19, 2012, presidential election, holds up a microphone in front of voters in Seoul on Dec. 11, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - The three candidates for South Korea's Dec. 19, 2012, presidential election, Park Geun Hye (L) of the ruling Saenuri Party, Lee Jung Hee (C) of the minor opposition United Progressive Party and Moon Jae In of the opposition Democratic United Party, hold hands ahead of a televised debate in Seoul on Dec. 10, 2012. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye, a South Korean presidential candidate from the ruling Saenuri Party, gets ready for a televised debate with two other contestants -- Moon Jae In of the opposition Democratic United Party and Lee Jung Hee of the minor opposition United Progressive Party -- in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Lee Jung Hee, a South Korean presidential candidate from the minor opposition United Progressive Party, gets ready for a televised debate with two other contestants -- Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party and Moon Jae In of the opposition Democratic United Party -- in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Moon Jae In, a South Korean presidential candidate from the opposition Democratic United Party, gets ready for a televised debate with two other contestants -- Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party and Lee Jung Hee of the minor opposition United Progressive Party -- in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2012.

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S. Korean presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Three candidates in South Korea's Dec. 19 presidential election, Lee Jung Hee (L) of the minor opposition United Progressive Party, Moon Jae In (C) of the opposition Democratic United Party and Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party, shake hands ahead of a televised debate in Seoul on Dec. 4, 2012.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party (C) is surrounded by supporters after making her first stump speech as official campaigning began in Daejeon on Nov. 27, 2012. Park and Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party makes her first stump speech as official campaigning began in Daejeon on Nov. 27, 2012. Park and Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

BUSAN, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Moon Jae In of the main opposition Democratic United Party makes his first stump speech as an official campaigning began in Busan on Nov. 27, 2012. Moon and Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party are vying for the presidency in the Dec. 19, 2012, election.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean presidential candidate Park Geun Hye of the ruling Saenuri Party holds a press conference at the party headquarters in Seoul on Nov. 25, 2012.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye from the ruling Saenuri Party holds a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 25, 2012, after she filed her candidacy for the South Korean presidential election.

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S. Korea presidential election

SEOUL, South Korea - Park Geun Hye from the ruling Saenuri Party holds a press conference in Seoul on Nov. 25, 2012, after she filed her candidacy in the South Korean presidential election.