Park to hold deregulation meeting to demonstrate commitment

President Park Geun-hye was to hold a much-publicized meeting with regulators and businesses, and have the entire session televised live Thursday in a highly symbolic show of determination to undo non-essential regulations that she has denounced as "cancer" that's killing South Korea's economy. It is very rare for a presidential meeting to be broadcast on live TV from beginning to end, and the unusual setting is designed to send a strong message directly to the public and, more importantly, to bureaucrats handling regulations that Park will go after unnecessary business restrictions until the end.