On Saturday May 22 Korea's ex-President Roh Moo-hyun committed suicide. I haven't seen much of the mourning but apparently there's a great deal of it going on. Roh was viewed by many as a great person though perhaps not the most effective leader. Maybe a Carter type figure.
http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1900808,00.html
There's also a great deal of anger towards the current president Lee Myung-bak for his involvement in the affair, his lack of tact for the most part. Lee is a dick, that's pretty obvious and he's been about as miserable failure so far as Bush at handling challenges. Ironically Bush embraced the Lee administration. Go figure.
http://english.ohmynews.com/ArticleView/article_view.asp?menu=A11100&no=385276&rel_no=1&back_url=
Roh did leave a suicide note:
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/NEWKHSITE/data/html_dir/2009/05/25/200905250053.asp
Bah, sadness.
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