Park Geun-hye was elected South Korea's first female leader in 2012 on a platform of boosting economic equality and improving relations with its difficult neighbor to the north.<br/> <br />Since then, North and South Korea have found little to agree on as the North under its own new leader, Kim Jong-un, continues to pursue nuclear weapons.<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS KOREA BUREAU CHIEF, TONY MUNROE, SAYING:<br/> <br />"I'm Tony Munroe reporting for Reuters in Seoul. The president sat down with us exclusively to talk about her upcoming trip for the U.N. Security Council, as well as engagement with the regime in Pyongyang. Asia editor in Chief Jean Yoon led the interview."<br/> <br />(SOUNDBITE) (English) REUTERS ASIA EDITOR, JEAN YOON, SAYING:<br/> <br />"So you met Kim Jong-il and had a good rapport with him and it puts you in a unique position of being a South Korean president who's met a North Korean leader before coming to office. Do you consider his son Kim Jong-un as someone that you could ha
