South Koreans are generally welcoming of the arrest of their ousted president Park Geun-Hye early Friday, an observer noted.
Seoul-based Los Angeles Times correspondent Matt Stiles believes a "substantial majority" supports Park's removal from office, and though that may have decreased after seeing her in custody, Koreans are "pleased by this news, especially the younger generations of Koreans."
"People are ready to move on, they’re focusing on the upcoming presidential elections, and this case could have an effect in that presidential election, could for the first time in roughly a decade bring a more liberal president to South Korea," he said in an interview with ANC.
However, Stiles also said experts "expect that there won’t be any major societal changes, at least anytime soon."
"There’s a real desire in the country to maintain economic growth, there’s a real desire in the country perhaps to reform some of the chaebols, the family of conglomerates—and those two are in conflict," he said.
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