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Since the beheading of Korean interpreter Kim Sun Il in Iraq last week, Koreans have been struggling to comprehend the brutal act?and wondering whom to blame. Some of the thousands attending nightly candlelight vigils have pointed fingers at the United States; others denounced South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun; a few directed their anger at South Korea's small Muslim community, with one man even barging into a mosque in Seoul wielding a knife...
South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun was a visibly relieved man when he met the press last weekend for the first time since getting booted from office in March. An apologetic Roh told Koreans his impeachment was "all the result of my own shortcomings," adding, "I'll try not to disappoint you again." The day before, a vermilion-robed Yun Young Chul, president of the Constitutional Court, ruled that the National Assembly had gone overboard in impeaching Roh for a minor violation of the election law. On two other charges, economic mismanagement and corruption, it ruled that the assembly hadn...
...face of an armed revolt. Pretoria also said it would support an investigation into Aristide's claim that he was forced to step down by the U.S. and France as rebels closed in on Port-au-Prince. Back in Charge SOUTH KOREA The Constitutional Court reinstated President Roh Moo-Hyun, who was impeached and stripped of his powers in March. Conservative lawmakers in the outgoing government voted to oust Roh on charges of electoral-law violations, incompetence and corruption, but were defeated in parliamentary polls in April by the pro-Roh Uri Party. After being reinstated, Roh apologized...
...Party's resounding victory represents a lifeline for President Roh Moo Hyun, who was impeached by conservative lawmakers last month in a move many voters considered a cynical power play. Roh is currently suspended from office, and his fate rests with the Constitutional Court, which has until September to rule on the matter. Roh's main offense had been to publicly voice his support for Uri, but the judges may view last week's vote as show of support for him, making them unwilling to uphold the impeachment...
...South Korea, which has promised to send about 3,000 more troops to Iraq by the end of June. The nation will go to the polls this week to choose a new National Assembly, and while voters are currently more focused on the impeachment crisis surrounding President Roh Moo Hyun, Iraq might be the first big test for the postelection government, regardless of who leads it. Already, the public mood is turning against deploying more South Korean troops, especially after the brief kidnapping of seven missionaries last week. These evangelicals?part of a band of some 150 Korean Christians spreading...