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...country's leading politicians were at one another again, chest shoving, dragging each other around like drunks at a rock concert, hurling profanities, punches, shoes and furniture. Decorum finally was restored for a floor vote, and all that energetic wrath was focused on one man: South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun. After a vote tally of 193-2, National Assembly Speaker Park Kwan Yong gravely announced that the legislature had garnered the two-thirds majority necessary to impeach Roh, plunging the country into a political crisis...
...Despite the shock of the vote?never before in Korea's history had the nation's leader been impeached?the wheels of government continued to turn in an orderly fashion in Seoul's highest offices. Roh himself was visiting a train-car factory in South Kyongsang province when news of the impeachment came through. Looking oddly cheerful, Roh, decked out casually in a light blue, zip-up jacket, told workers assembled in the factory cafeteria, "I hope you continue your support for me just as you applauded when I entered the room. I will not get discouraged or give...
...There is certainly plenty of reason for him to get discouraged: the President's executive powers have been suspended. Prime Minister Goh Kun will assume the deposed leader's duties until Roh's fate is decided by a special Constitutional Court, which has six months to decide whether the National Assembly's decision should stand. If it does, a new presidential election will be held, which could mark a bitter and premature end to Roh's political career. Meanwhile, South Korea's armed forces went on alert on the off chance that North Korea might try to exploit the political...
Lamentably, South Korean President Roh Moo Hyun has said he will not make human rights a factor in negotiations with the North. This pledge is in harmony with Seoul’s “sunshine policy” of North-South détente. Stemming from fears of a North Korean offensive or a massive refugee influx, “sunshine” has in practice meant appeasement. Its moral vacuity was laid bare this past August, when a German human rights worker, Dr. Norbert Vollertsen, was beaten by South Korean riot police while trying to launch a flock...
...plan has produced plenty of nonelected critics, especially when Roh's initial $5 billion estimate for the move jumped to $38.6 billion in December. They say the relocation of 500,000 people won't unclog Seoul. Landowners in Chungcheong aren't complaining: property prices in Daejon rose faster than any other city's in the first nine months of last year. "It'll be like our version of Washington, D.C.," enthuses Lee Jae Sun, an opposition lawmaker who represents Daejon. What no one denies is that the plan, which still faces major hurdles such as an intended campaign to oppose...