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Call it South Korea's Schwarzenegger option, minus the celebrity. Hong Jun Pyo, a lawmaker with the conservative Grand National Party, says beleaguered President Roh Moo Hyun's recent call for a national referendum to gauge confidence in his leadership doesn't go far enough. Hong argues that if a vote is to be held, Roh's name isn't the only one that should appear on a ballot-he should face off against another candidate. "People are afraid of confusion and instability," says Hong. "They want an alternative, like in California...
...That leader, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun, appears to be suffering a severe bout of self-doubt. Mired in the country's latest corruption scandals, the political maverick astonished the nation during a televised press conference last Friday by calling for a public vote of confidence. "I am trying to seek the people's renewed support over the accumulated mistrust because I want to manage state affairs with moral confidence," Roh said...
...Kaneshiro's ability to act convincingly in several tongues helps explain his pan-Asian appeal. Because the characters of his name are read differently across the region, he's known as Kam Shing-mo in Cantonese, Kin Chengwu in Mandarin and Kim Sung Moo in Korean. "I feel weird sometimes," he says as he sips iced coffee in a secluded hotel caf? in Tokyo. "When people call me Mr. Kam, I'm like, who is Mr. Kam? Or they call me Mr. Kim, and I have to remind them that I'm not Korean." He admits his shape-shifting attributes...
Relations between Seoul and Washington have shown increased strain since Roh Moo-Hyun, an outspoken critic of the American invasion of Iraq, was elected president of South Korea in December...
...After a hidden camera caught President Roh Moo Hyun's personal secretary Yang Gil Seung on June 28 at the Kiss Super Night Club south of Seoul, major newspapers and networks reported that the club's owner, under investigation for tax evasion and pimping, asked Yang to block the police probe. The President was furious?at the media. "The unjust oppression by the press must not be tolerated," he told government officials earlier this month. On Aug. 13, Roh sued South Korea's three biggest dailies for reporting an allegation by an opposition lawmaker that Roh bought land under...