Word: jung
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...should not have been necessary for Lee to don the colors of his liberal opponents, borrowing from the outgoing Kim Dae Jung administration's buddy-buddy Sunshine Policy of engagement with the North. A few weeks ago, Lee, a former Supreme Court judge and member of the opposition Grand National Party, was considered the front-runner. But circumstances have conspired against him, and his campaign has taken a hit. On Nov. 24, Chung Mong Joon, the popular head of South Korea's soccer association, pulled out of the race, winnowing what was largely a three-horse contest down...
When I met Kim Dae Jung some weeks ago, I was struck by how the years had caught up with him. He shuffled slowly into an elegant reception room at his official residence and proffered a hand that felt too soft, the skin papery thin and blotched with liver spots. His clothes hung loosely on his frame. Perhaps I shouldn't have been surprised that the feisty democracy fighter who had once faced down South Korea's generals looked ready to turn in his sword. After all, his official birthday has him turning 77. (His friends say he is closer...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...
...dipped behind the green-blue ceramic eaves of the Korean-style residence, to become a regular Korean seemed the best he could hope for. He waved good-bye and shuffled back inside. An aide whispered to him: "The minister is waiting." Not for much longer. Kim Dae Jung's term, which began so full of promise, ends sadly, with an old man unwanted by his people...
...Legacy: Kim Dae Jung Retires...