SINCE the days of Park Chung-hee’s often brutal dictatorship (he seized power in 1961 and was assassinated in 1979), South Korea has transformed itself as a democratic nation. Its politics, enlivened by occasional fisticuffs in the National Assembly, are among the most vibrant in Asia. The bid by the late strongman’s daughter, Park Geun-hye, to become the country’s first woman president is no throwback to the past. She faces two strong (male) challengers in the election on December 19th, including one, Moon Jae-in, whom her father’s regime imprisoned. The two men may eventually unite. But at this stage, the outcome is impossible to predict.

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