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...widening corruption scandal swirling around President Kim Dae Jung and his Millenium Democratic Party (MDP) has boosted the buzz level. Last week, prosecutors arrested presidential son Kim Hong Up on charges of bribery and influence-peddling. He joins Kim Hong Gul, the President's youngest son, now under indictment for bribery. The scandal has deflated support for MDP presidential candidate Roh Moo Hyun, widely seen as President Kim's horse in the December poll (Kim is constitutionally barred from running again). Party members are also alarmed about the shellacking the MDP got in local elections in early June. The smart...
...Chung and other rising political stars like Park Geun Hye, daughter of former autocrat Park Chung Hee might engineer a new party to fight the election. If South Korea's Prince Charming does enter the fray, the outsider aura he's enjoying now could burn off. And, as one MDP insider and Chung skeptic puts it: "The Korean public can distinguish between sports and politics." But stretching out in his seat on the plane to Cheju, Chung already sounds like he's on the stump, talking about improving standards of living, tackling what he sees as a "crisis of leadership...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...
...Malaysia: PM resigns - or not Philippines: Davao's Dirty Harry Korea: Football saves the MDP...