Park's populist pledges prevent policy progress

President Park Geun-hye's promises of welfare without tax rises look increasingly unrealistic

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In this article

  • Park's platform
  • Economic democracy
  • Welfare
  • Chaebol unscathed
  • Fiscally impossible
  • Tax missteps
  • 474 grounded?
  • Policy or politics?

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