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...circumstances have conspired against him, and his campaign has taken a hit. On Nov. 24, Chung Mong Joon, the popular head of South Korea's soccer association, pulled out of the race, winnowing what was largely a three-horse contest down to a field of two: Lee versus Roh Moo Hyun, candidate of the ruling Millennium Democratic Party and would-be heir to Kim, whose five-year term as President ends in February...
...while Lee's campaign may have benefited at first, it has faded of late. One survey reported that Lee was favored by 48% of voters in mid-November compared with Roh's 36% rating. By last week, Roh had surged into the lead at 44%, while Lee slid to 39%. Lee's plunge in the polls suggests his no-prisoners approach may not be playing well with voters, particularly the young, because it is perceived to be too closely aligned with the foreign policy of U.S. President George W. Bush. The U.S. is expected to eventually apply to North Korea...
...Roh, a 56-year-old former human-rights lawyer, says South Korea's security can be assured by continuing Kim's policies. He wants to press Pyongyang to dismantle its atomic weapons program without halting the flow of public and private money from Seoul, which amounts to about $250 million annually. Lee prefers the stick to the carrot, and would halt assistance until the crisis is resolved. "What has (the Sunshine Policy) brought us?" he asks. "It has brought us nuclear weapons...
...violence expresses a growing belief that the country no longer needs 37,000 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea as a deterrent to invasion by the North. Roh has taken just such a position in the past. But Lee?instead of scoring political points by emphasizing just how dangerous Kim Jong Il remains?is forced to play the moderate. The cold warriors in his party can only hope that toning down the rhetoric will widen Lee's appeal and win him the election. Only then will they be able to test the theory that the North Korean question...
...torture or was thrown out of a window. For Hur Yong Chun, the process provided some of the answers he's sought for more than 18 years. After hearing closed-door testimony from men who were at the base, the commission found that a drunken sergeant identified only as Roh?a common surname in South Korea?accidentally shot Hur's son once in the chest at a party in the early hours of April 2, 1984. The next morning?when the wounded soldier was still alive?he was shot again and killed. The commission didn't determine who actually murdered...