Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Worldview: South Korea's new leader, Mexico's new disappeared and Italy's dizzying elections February 26, 2013 WBEZ [View the story "Worldview: South Korea's new leader, Mexico's new disappeared and rounding up Italy's election" on Storify]Worldview: South Korea's new leader, Mexico's new disappeared and rounding up Italy's electionPark Geun-hye was inaugurated as South Korea’s first female president on Monday. Human Rights Watch reveals possible abuses by Mexico's former leadership. Italy's elections see a narrow victory for the left, but a spectacular showing for an upstart movement.Storified by · Tue, Feb 26 2013 07:30:53SouthKorea’s new leaderMany SouthKoreans feel a certain kinship with their new leader, whose authoritarianfather ruled the fledgling nation from 1961 to 1979. In an op-ed for the NewYork Times, journalist and novelist Suki Kim ponders why so many SouthKoreans have become nostalgic for an era marked by human rights abuses. Shejoins Worldview to discuss the new president.South Korea's New National Mother FigureTHE inauguration of South Korea's first female president, Park Geun-hye, on Monday is a trip down memory lane for most South Koreans - es...MexicoA recent report by Human Rights Watch says that some 250 people were “disappeared” at the hands of Mexico’s police and military under former president Felipe Calderón. The group says the government has done little to investigate the cases. We’ll discuss the findings with Nik Steinberg, senior researcher on the Americas for Human Rights Watch.Mexico: Crisis of Enforced Disappearances | Human Rights Watch(Mexico City) - Mexico's security forces have participated in widespread enforced disappearances, Human Rights Watch said in a report rel...Italian electionsThe polls have closed in Italy but the ballots are still being counted and it’s unclear at this moment whether any one party will garner enough votes to form a coalition and govern the country. Comedian Beppe Grillo, the leader of the anti-establishment Five Star Movement, has vowed he would not go into the government as part of a coalition with any of the main political parties. He has already gotten at least 25 percent of the vote. Stocks fell on Monday with the markets jittery at the prospect of a government opposed to some of the economic reforms put in place during the last year. Luigi Zingales, one of the founders of the Italian political party Act to Stop the Decline, takes apart the election results.Italy deadlock after protest voteItaly's parliamentary elections have ended in stalemate and the possibility of a hung parliament. With nearly all the votes counted, the ... Comments Send Print Share Recommend Tweet Categories Worldview, Previous post in Worldview Worldview: Sequester looms, Syrian art and more Next post in Worldview Iranian talks, Egyptian politics, Irish strife and Hamburg's rock past View the discussion thread. Top Headlines On WBEZ.org Vote on the ultimate Chicago book Bridge to the future Poems for my father(s) Drop money in the river, watch it float back Chicago craft beer week, food truck rally and more Chicago Bulls get no respect Can city structure affect social interactions? Where was Sen. Dick Durbin at 25? City gives Congress Theater pass McCormick Place buys 100 percent wind energy