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...
