Hwang Kyo-ahn: The Man Who Wouldn't Be King

When President Park Geun-hye was impeached, her Prime Minister, Hwang Kyo-ahn was named the acting president. Upon taking the top job, Hwang made no effort to distance himself from the disgraced Park, and went as far as to take responsibility for her plight: He said that the whole mess was his fault instead of Park’s, because, he said, he had failed to support her adequately. This choice to take blame for Park’s crisis says a lot about Hwang. A more ambitious politician might have told the nati