A return to South Korea, thwarted by nationalism By Jeong Kim, Mar 29, 2013 10:49 PM EDT The Washington Post Published: March 30 I was honored recently to be asked by South Korean President Park Geun-hye to lead a new wing of the government. She confided to me that although I was a U.S. citizen, I had the right experience and the know-how to launch the Ministry of Science, Inf..