Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 13213
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2004/4/15 [Politics/Domestic/California, Politics/Foreign/Asia/Korea] UID:13213 Activity:nil
4/14    http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14444-2004Apr15.html
        This is a fairly good run down on S. Korea's recent election.
        It's mainly interesting because most American's assume that this
        means Koreans are turning anti-American and pro N. Korean.  Which
        is true to some degree, but my wife (who is Korean) belives this
        has more to do with a backlash against GNP corruption, and the Uri
        Party (Roh Moon Hyun's party) being realitively anti-corrution.
        Impeaching the president really went over badly for the GNP.
        -jrleek
        \_ when did you get married?
           \_ 1/31/2004.  You can see a picture or 2 of my wife on
              my csua webpage. -jrleek    BTW, who's asking?
              \_ congrats! -dwc
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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14444-2004Apr15.html
In a battle that pitted liberal voters in their 20s and 30s against the conservative older generations, a revolution of the young was set to transform the now-small Uri Party - allied with impeached President Roh Moon Hyun - into the nations largest political force. According to South Korean media projections based on ballot counting, the Uri Party was poised to more than triple its representation in the 299-seat National Assembly to at least 150 seats, taking majority control away from the establishment-dominated Grand National Party, which won an estimated 103 seats. It would mark South Koreas first freely elected, liberal-dominated legislature since the 1961 coup that brought this nations long time military dictator, Park Chung Hee, to power. The Grand National Party had impeached Roh for committing an electoral infraction and allegedly being unfit to rule following a series of corruption scandals that brought down his top aides. But prosecutors have actually implicated the GNP in far broader cases of corruption, which have severely undermined the partys reputation. While the Uri Party has been targeted in corruption probes, Roh has also been seen by many analysts to be stepping out of the way of prosecutors, granting them a new measure of autonomy to pursue political transparency and break the traditional ties between politicians and large South Korean business conglomerates. Many South Koreans saw Rohs impeachment as political hypocrisy, and it generated a sharp backlash, which favored the Uri party . Almost 3 in every 4 South Koreans opposed Rohs removal from office. I think the Uri party was the best choice given the situation, said Bang Joon Shik, a 35 year old Seoul office worker. How can they do that to a president that was voted into office by the people? I gave my votes to Uri Party thinking this will judge the old GNP politicians. Analysts say that a landslide for the Uri Party will likely put added pressure South Koreas Constitutional Court to overturn the impeachment and restore the now-suspended president to power, perhaps as early as next month. The people saved democracy, said Chung Dong Young, a Uri Party leader. Todays vote marked the Grand National Partys worst legislative defeat. The party is now headed by Park Geun Hye, 52, daughter of Park Chung Hee who built the tight relationship between Washington and Seoul following the Korean War. United States relations with Seoul - considered a vital ally of Washington - have already become somewhat strained since Roh took office last year, with Rohs government pressing the Bush administration to adopt a more flexible approach on North Koreas nuclear weapons programs. Vice President Cheney arrived in Seoul today on the last stop of his Asian tour.