Word: roh
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...grabbed the back of my head and instructed me to say "Rah!," which I did, and then he head-butted me right on the enormous callus that sits in the middle of his forehead from repeated buttings. This happened a few more times; I was also entreated to say "Roh!" ("Rah" and "Roh." Rock and Roll? A Willis mystery.) I agreed to return later in the evening for a more extensive interview...
...Over the weekend, Kim engineered an amnesty for two imprisoned former dictators, Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo, who had both previously ordered Kim's execution. And Kim still has hopes for South Korea's reunification with the North, though it's still unclear whether those across the DMZ in Pyongyang share his desire. Long before that can happen, however, the South Korean economy must submit itself to the IMF knife. Financial players still doubt Kim has the discipline to go with his dreams...
SEOUL, South Korea: A three-judge panel sentenced former South Korean President Chun Doo-hwan to death for mutiny and murder and sentenced his successor, Roh Tae-woo, to 22 1/2 years for participation in mutiny. The landmark decision puts a cap on an era of corruption and oligarchical politics that had gripped the country throughout the 1980's. The two convicted men were boyhood friends who rose through the military and as generals staged a coup in 1979, placing Chun into the presidency. Six months later, Chun ordered a brutal crackdown of pro-democracy uprisings in the Kwang...
Former South Korean Presidents Chun Doo Hwan and Roh Tae Woo were already in jail on corruption charges; last week the two ex-generals were indicted for treason in connection with the 1980 "Kwangju massacre," in which hundreds of demonstrators were killed. They could face the death penalty...
Inside a packed Seoul courtroom, former South Korean President Roh Tae-woo took the stand Monday to answer charges that he accepted $369 million in kickbacks from businesses while in office. Roh admitted that he took money from chaebol, the group of 40 or so huge industrial conglomerates that dominate South Korea's economy, but said that he did not sell his influence to private interests. Roh said he received $32 million from Samsung, the nation's biggest conglomerate, but maintained he could not remember who gave him all the money he received while in office. The trial is expected...