President Roh Moo-hyun is facing a formidable challenge to his rule through the intensifying nationwide movement against a free trade agreement between Korea and the United States. Most embarrassingly, the president finds many of his hitherto trusted supporters among the ranks of anti-FTA forces accusing him of selling the nation out to the U.S. Since entering Cheong Wa Dae [assuming office], the progressive president has followed policies favoring the poorer citizens which are considered unkind to the richer sector. Now, all lower echelons in Korea's economic pyramid have turned their backs on the president. Notable among some 300 anti-FTA civic...