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...South Korea's foreign allies, including the U.S. government, are bravely pretending that the impeachment drama unfolding in Seoul is unexceptional and is perhaps even proof of South Korea's "strong, vibrant democracy." Let's not kid ourselves. By voting to strip President Roh of power and leaving it to the country's Constitutional Court to determine his ultimate political fate, South Korea's National Assembly has demonstrated the frightful weakness of the country's purported democracy?and has dealt that already frail structure another grave blow from which it is not yet clear it can recover...
...triumph in the December 2002 presidential plebiscite was itself testimony to the weakness of South Korea's democracy. His main selling point was not his allergy to the U.S. (genuine as that may be), but rather his outsider's r?sum?: his manifest lack of experience in Seoul's payola-driven politics, a system that the great majority of voters already viewed with distrust and disdain. Once in office, Roh's amateurish and inconstant performance, as well as his own cynical attempts to game the system, did little to allay popular misgivings about the health of the democracy. Recall that, after...
...Korea's degree of freedom in its nuclear confrontation with the Western world expands quite nicely. In the immediate future, the North need no longer worry about coordinated international efforts to press Pyongyang for nuclear compliance, because those efforts would inevitably require coordination with the now dysfunctional government in Seoul...
...heard. On the night of March 13, tens of thousands of protesters gathered outside the National Assembly for a candlelight vigil. "From now on we have to fight even harder for Roh," says Kim Yong Seok, a member of Nosamo, an organization of Roh's most loyal backers. In Seoul's glitzy Myongdong district, even opposition supporters were put off by the political mess. Businessman Kang Jin Woo says he voted for the GNP during the 2002 presidential race, but is disgusted by its latest maneuver. "It's too hasty, too early to judge Roh," he snaps, sipping beer...
...body," he whispers cryptically about the secret of his technique. Sandor, who draws on a repertoire of works that numbers more than a thousand, is known around the world for his wizardry at the keyboard. Last year he played to packed houses at Cairo's Manasterly Palace, Seoul's Arts Center and London's Barbican Hall, to name a few. This week he's on his way to Rome's Teatro Ghione, and from there to Singapore's Symphony Hall for recitals. His rigorous performance schedule has forced him to curtail some of his old hobbies, such as mountain climbing...