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...RESIGNED. SHIM KI NAM, 51, chairman of South Korea's ruling Uri Party, following allegations that his father was a collaborator during Japan's 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula; in Seoul. Shin had denied rumors about his father's past until two men told local media last week that the elder Shin, who is deceased, had tortured them when he was a policeman. South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun had earlier said he would establish a commission to probe the sensitive period of Japan's colonial rule...
According to Japan's spring 2004 Directory of Parliament Officials, Representative Katsuya Okada's personal motto is Tai ki ban sei, a classic Japanese proverb that means "Great talents mature late." But considering that the new president of the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) has rocketed from relative obscurity to what could be the golden era of his political career-all at the comparatively tender age of 52-he may want to revise that motto before the next guide is printed. With the DPJ's strong showing in the recent Upper House parliamentary election, Okada has cemented his position...
...impeachment will kill off his presidency. But his reformist agenda and his direct approach to voters still carry wide popular appeal. Some observers say opposition lawmakers felt they had to impeach Roh to prevent Uri Party candidates from sweeping the upcoming election. "This was their final gamble," explains Cho Ki Suk, an expert on Korean politics at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. "What else could [opposition politicians] do?" Says Hahm Sung Deuk, professor of political economy at Korea University in Seoul: "The impeachment was a political game of chicken...
...five stages of his life that he experiences upon a floating monastery in the middle of a lake. The seemingly innocuous conceit hides some darker material, which apparently entangles him in some violent child games and ardent love affairs. The visuals, provided by South Korean director Kim Ki-Duk, are supposed to be amazing and the press stills alone are masterfully framed compositions...
...survivors freed - in the summer of 1996. Hundreds of thousands marched in protest against police incompetence and allegations of a high-level cover up. The trial is expected to last three months. Dirty Secrets FINLAND The Helsinki trial of former Prime Minister Anneli Jäätteenmäki on charges of inciting the leaking of classified memos on Iraq to bolster her election campaign last year ended after three days, with a verdict expected within two weeks. Prosecutors alleged that Jäätteenmäki used secret documents to claim that then Prime Minister Paavo Lipponen had compromised...