Old Obama hands on Korea policy could pose new problems for peace

First, Blinken and Haines developed their policies in close consultation with the conservative South Korean governments of Lee Myung Baek and Park Guen Hye, who are now disgraced and in prison for corruption. Lee, a former Hyundai executive, and Park, the daughter of the former dictator Park Chung Hee, had both opposed the pro-engagement “Sunshine Policies” followed by former Presidents Kim Dae Jung and Roh Tae Woo from 1997 to 2008.