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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...leading politicians were at one another again, chest shoving, dragging each other around like drunks at a rock concert, hurling profanities, punches, shoes and furniture. Decorum finally was restored for a floor vote, and all that energetic wrath was focused on one man: South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. After a vote tally of 193-2, National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong gravely announced that the legislature had garnered the two-thirds majority necessary to impeach Roh, plunging the country into a political crisis...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Out of Control | 3/15/2004 | See Source »

Lamentably, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has said he will not make human rights a factor in negotiations with the North. This pledge is in harmony with Seoul’s “sunshine policy” of North-South détente. Stemming from fears of a North Korean offensive or a massive refugee influx, “sunshine” has in practice meant appeasement. Its moral vacuity was laid bare this past August, when a German human rights worker, Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, was beaten by South Korean riot police while trying to launch a flock...

Author: By Duncan M. Currie, | Title: The Scariest Place on Earth | 2/25/2004 | See Source »

...When Roh Moo Hyun was vying for the presidency in late 2002, he realized he needed the swing voters of North and South Chungcheong provinces. So he promised to move the country's capital there, some 150 km south of Seoul. At the time, opponents ridiculed him for shameless pork barreling. But Roh won the office, and his shrewdness has proved contagious. With legislative elections coming up in April, lots of lawmakers want to appeal to Chungcheong voters. Shortly after Christmas, the South Korean legislature, with only a handful of dissenters, passed a law stating that the capital would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Capital Maneuver | 1/11/2004 | See Source »

...Trade him now. Get something for him—anything. If you can get A-Rod, do it. Theo, you’d be foolish not to. And if that someone is Kevin Brown, whoa mama. Can you imagine Pedro, Curt Schilling, Kevin Brown, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield, Byung Hyun-Kim? That pitching staff is better than some fantasy teams. And Red Sox fans, remember the playoffs a couple months ago? Oh, you do? Thought you had forgotten. Well, remember who starred for the Sox? It wasn’t Nomar. And Manny’s .320 OBP didn?...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: A-Rod is Boston's Answer | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

With the addition of Schilling, the Red Sox now have a rotation of Pedro Martinez, Schilling, Derek Lowe, Tim Wakefield and Byung-Hyun...

Author: By Alex M. Sherman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: March to the Sea: Red Sox Landed The Real Prize In Free Agent Market | 12/4/2003 | See Source »

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