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A fervent anti-Communist, anti-North Korea, pro-USA demonstrator, Mr. Lee, was again arrested in S. Korea today, for carrying signs against Kim Jong il and also cursing (the appeasing) liberal S. Korean president Roh Mu Hyong.Lee also burned a North Korean flag again, this time on a busy intersection.Mr. Lee is backed up by his organization. Protests actually AGAINST Kim Jong il and in SUPPORT of President Bush and America are increasing recently in S. Korea.

President Roh Moo-hyun is certainly the hot topic these days after the unusual comments he made this week. On Wednesday, Roh met with the organizers of last weekend's Gwangju ceremony and confessed that he felt a sense of crisis and frustration and, using coarse language, wondered whether he could go on as the president. On Monday, when talking about his U.S. visit during a meeting with deputy ministers, he said, "I have to appease my supporters, but I'm not sure whether I'm a member of the ruling party or the opposition." Let's look at some of the other inappropriate things...

Roh Vents as Problems Pile Up by President Roh Moo-hyun, after saying he was "uneasy" and "depressed" in an interview with the Munhwa Ilbo last month, said Wednesday at an official appearance that he was beginning to think he would be better off not being the president. “Recently, the problems I’ve been facing are too difficult,” said President Roh as he met at Cheong Wa Dae with the organizers of last weekend's ceremony in Gwangju to mark the anniversary of the May 18 revolt - the organizers had come to express their apologies for the disturbance that marred the event....

Title: "North Korea`s Fear of US Military Capability Conducive to Peaceful Resolution" Dong-A Ilbo Daily Newspaper(Seoul) MAY 16, 2003 21:38 Korean Time (S. Korean) President Roh Moo-hyun May 16 said that, in the wake of the Iraq war, the North Korean leadership is increasingly concerned over the military capacity of the US, and which he think might be conducive to achieving a peaceful resolution of the US-North Korean nuclear standoff. The President made the remark in an interview with the US PBS broadcasting network when host of the TV program Jim Lehrer asked him the question of whether the increased...

No to Roh That was vintage Bush in the Rose Garden yesterday. There he stood alongside South Korean President Roh, dutifully repeating the soothing phrases crafted for such occasions – bland reassurances that we are making “good progress” toward the goal of a nuclear-free Korean peninsula, etc. etc. etc. Meanwhile, the boom was being lowered on President Roh. For the real news of the summit was contained – not in President Bush’s words but in the official communiqué released at the same time. Bear with me: I know it is dull reading, but it’s very important. “In the context...

<p>President Bush and South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun vowed yesterday that they "will not tolerate nuclear weapons in North Korea" and threatened the use of "further steps" to deal with the Stalinist regime's nuclear ambitions.</p> <p>Standing shoulder to shoulder in the White House Rose Garden, the two leaders pledged to work toward a peaceful solution to the standoff with Pyongyang, which continues its bellicose rhetoric against its neighbor and the United States.</p>

Bush, Roh Urge Nuke-Free Korean Peninsula By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Bush (news - web sites) and South Korea (news - web sites)'s leader said they were united in seeking a Korean Peninsula free of nuclear weapons, and expressed confidence that the standoff with North Korea (news - web sites) could be resolved peacefully. AP Photo (AP Video) Meeting for the first time Wednesday, Bush and President Roh Moo-hyun also reaffirmed the strength of a military and economic alliance that dates to the 1950-53 Korean War, and agreed to consult closely on a possible realignment...

Bush Says No to Roh's Proposal for Summit at Crawford Ranch By Ryu Jin Staff Reporter With President Roh Moo-hyun's maiden trip to the U.S. just days away, there was a small dispute in the ruling party's morning meeting yesterday over the treatment Roh would receive from the U.S. government. In the supreme council meeting of the Millennium Democratic Party (MDP), Cho Soon-sung, head of the party's special committee on the North Korean nuclear problem, took issue with the venue of the summit meeting between Roh and U.S. President George W. Bush. ``What I'm concerned about is that President Roh...

South Korea Confident of No War on Peninsula By Oh Young-jin Staff Reporter South Korea has become increasingly confident that the U.S. will not attack North Korea and therefore there will be no war on the Korean peninsula. There may be many reasons for this confidence. North Korea has hinted that it is willing to participate in multilateral dialogue for the resolution of the international standoff triggered by its nuclear programs. The United States said that it has high hopes for a peaceful resolution of the North Korean problem. According to a senior presidential aide, Pyongyang is smarter than Iraq...

The United States is contemplating the withdrawal of its forces from South Korea amid growing resentment at American troops there, the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, said yesterday. Mr Rumsfeld said the changes were being discussed at Seoul's request, as part of a review of America's global network of Cold War garrisons. "I suspect we'll end up making some adjustments there," Mr Rumsfeld said. "Whether the forces would come home or move farther south on the peninsula, or move to some neighbouring area are the kinds of things that are being sorted out." The suggestion, which would have been unthinkable a...

President Roh at his inauguration ceremonyIn his first interview as President, Roh Moo Hyun says that Blair has a role in the Korean conflict TONY BLAIR could play a vital role in the stand-off between North Korea and the United States, the new President of South Korea told The Times yesterday. Tensions rose on the Korean Peninsula after it was revealed that North Korean fighter jets threatened to attack a US naval spyplane. But President Roh said that the high-altitude encounter was predictable, because the United States had increased its aerial surveillance of North Korea’s reopened nuclear facilities. “It was...

SEOUL -- The winning candidate in last week's South Korean presidential election had little need for mass rallies or traditional campaign tactics. When Roh Moo-hyun's organizers wanted supporters to vote on election day, they simply pressed a few computer keys. Text messages flashed to the cellphones of almost 800,000 people, urging them to go to the polls. During his campaign, millions of voters absorbed Mr. Roh's message from Internet sites that featured video clips of the candidate and audio broadcasts by disc jockeys and rock stars. Half a million visitors logged on to his main Web site every day to...

A radical takes over the Blue House in SeoulIn a neck-and-neck race Kim Dae-jung protege Roh Moo-hyun won Korea's presidential election, to the alarm of governments in the US and JapanBy Rick Chu Friday, Dec 20, 2002,Page 9 Radical left-wing and pro-unification reformer Roh Moo-hyun was elected president of South Korea by a slim margin yesterday -- despite the last-minute political U-turn of his ally, Chung Mong-joon. The US, Japan and other countries were stunned by the results, but it is not surprising that the polarized voters in South Korea made such a choice. Chung's withdrawal from Roh's camp did...

Roh Leads Exit Polls by Choi Byung-mook (bmchoi@chosun.com) The country's three major broadcasting companies announced at 6:00pm on December 19 that Millennium Democratic Party candidate Roh Moo-hyun led the exit polls at the close of voting for the nations 16th president, ahead of the Grand National Party's Lee Hoi-chang. The exit poll results were as follows: Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) Roh Moo-hyun 49.1% Lee Hoi-chang 46.8% Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) Roh Moo-hyun 48.4% Lee Hoi-chang 46.9% Seoul Broadcasting System (SBS) Roh Moo-hyun 48.2% Lee Hoi-chang 46.7%