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Thomson Reuters Foundation
April 28, 2018
Lee Jong-seok, a former unification minister who visited Pyongyang with Suh in 2003 as then-South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun's special envoys, called Suh the "No. 1 negotiator with North Korea" in his 2014 memoir. Suh, 64, also lived in North Korea for two years in the late 1990s, involved in a planÃâà...
Business Insider
April 28, 2018
Former North Korean leader Kim Jong Il met with former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in 2000 and former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun in 2007. Both times, the two leaders meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea's capital. While the latest talks might yield better results, the over-archingÃâà...
New York Times
April 28, 2018
Mr. Abe, who has strained relations with South Korea, implied that the new accord may not be too different from a similar commitment in 2007 between a previous South Korean president, Roh Moo-hyun, and Kim Jong-il, the father of the current North Korean leader. That accord fell apart soon after it wasÃâà...
CNN
April 26, 2018
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) When Moon Jae-in meets Kim Jong Un on Friday, he'll be the third South Korean President to meet his North Korean counterpart. Two of his predecessors, Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, each held talks with the late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il in 2000 and 2007,Ãâà...
The Mainichi
April 26, 2018
When asked if there needed to be regular summit talks toward reunifying the Korean Peninsula, 31.8 percent of respondents in 2017 said, "I don't think so," compared to 25.3 percent in 2007. In 2007, then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun's public approval ratings shot up when he met with the North'sÃâà...
Quartz
April 26, 2018
Google is releasing its eagerly awaited overhaul of Gmail today (Apr. 25), with new features like the ability to access your calendar from your inbox and view attachments without opening an email thread. It's rolling out gradually throughout the day. When logged into your personal Gmail account,. RefreshÃâà...
Xinhua
April 26, 2018
... 2007 by then South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun and then DPRK leader Kim Jong Il after the second inter-Korean summit. Park, who accompanied then South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in 2000 to Pyongyang for the first inter-Korean summit and had unofficially visited Pyongyang several times,Ãâà...
STLtoday.com
April 26, 2018
In this March 12, 2007 photo, South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, left, shakes hands with newly appointed chief of staff Moon Jae-in at the presidential Blue House in Seoul, South Korea. Both protagonists at inter-Korean summit on Friday, April 27, 2018 speak the same language and share the sameÃâà...
Quartz
April 26, 2018
The leaders at that time were Kim Jong-il (the current Kim's father) and South Korean president Roh Moo-hyun, the political mentor of Moon, then his chief of staff and chairperson of the promotion committee for the summit. Roh knew Kim Jong-il loved movies, so he gave him a collection of South KoreanÃâà...
Wichita Eagle
April 8, 2018
He has accused the current liberal government of President Moon Jae-in of retaliating against him for the 2009 death of Moon's friend, liberal ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, who leapt to his death during a corruption investigation of his family while Lee was in office. South Korea has taken a series of stepsÃâà...
The News Tribune
April 8, 2018
He has accused the current liberal government of President Moon Jae-in of retaliating against him for the 2009 death of Moon's friend, liberal ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, who leapt to his death during a corruption investigation of his family while Lee was in office. South Korea has taken a series of stepsÃâà...
BBC News
April 6, 2018
South Korea has a problem with its presidency. It seems to be almost impossible for the country's heads of state to steer clear of political scandal during or after their tenures. Former president Park Geun-hye, the country's 18th - and first female - leader, was jailed after being found guilty of abuse of powerÃâà...
Yonhap News
March 24, 2018
The 70-year-old Kim, if summoned to the prosecution office, will be the nation's third former first lady to be questioned by prosecutors after the wives of former presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Moo-hyun. During questioning on March 14 and 15, Lee acknowledged receiving the National IntelligenceÃâà...
Korea JoongAng Daily
March 24, 2018
Nine years ago, retired President Roh Moo-hyun jumped off a mountain after he was grilled by state prosecutors on bribery allegations. The legacy of presidents facing state prosecutors after leaving office has continued. The investigation of Roh was stalled as senior prosecutors were indecisive.
Yonhap News
March 24, 2018
Nine years ago, retired President Roh Moo-hyun jumped off a mountain after he was grilled by state prosecutors on bribery allegations. The legacy of presidents facing state prosecutors after leaving office has continued. The investigation of Roh was stalled as senior prosecutors were indecisive.
The Straits Times
March 24, 2018
Almost all of South Korea's presidents have seen their reputations tarnished because of corruption scandals. Top row, from left: Lee Myung Bak (2008-2013), Park Geun Hye (2013-2017). Bottom row: Chun Doo Hwan (1980-1988), Roh Tae Woo (1988-1993), Roh Moo Hyun (2003-2008).PHOTOS: EPA-Ãâà...
Fort Worth Star Telegram
March 23, 2018
He has accused the current liberal government of President Moon Jae-in of trying to retaliate over the 2009 death of Moon's friend, liberal ex-President Roh Moo-hyun, who leapt to his death during a corruption investigation of his family. Lee's accusation prompted fury from Moon, who called it a challengeÃâà...
New York Times
March 13, 2018
Mr. Moon's best friend, former President Roh Moo-hyun, took his own life in 2009 shortly after being questioned by prosecutors on corruption allegations involving his family. Mr. Moon and other supporters of Mr. Roh have accused Mr. Lee, a conservative who was then president, of investigating Mr. Roh toÃâà...
New York Times
March 9, 2018
He served as chief of staff to Roh Moo-hyun, South Korea's president from 2003 to 2008, and helped him pursue the “Sunshine Policy” of engaging North Korea with dialogue, humanitarian aid and joint economic projects. Then he watched his late friend's legacy crumble as the South's last two presidents,Ãâà...
The Japan Times
March 6, 2018
The verdict in her trial on charges of bribery and abuse of power is due next month, with prosecutors demanding 30 years in jail. And Lee's own predecessor, the liberal Roh Moo-hyun, committed suicide by jumping off a cliff after being questioned over corruption allegations in 2009. Lee was told to presentÃâà...
kfor.com
March 6, 2018
The last inter-Korean summit was in 2007, when South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun met Kim's father, late North Korean leader Kim Jong Il. The April summit will be held at the Panmunjom Peace House on the South Korean side of the demilitarized zone that divides the two countries, Chung said.
KBS WORLD Radio News
March 1, 2018
Investigators plan to summon the former head-of-state for questioning in mid-March, after the PyeongChang Winter Paralympic Games. That would make him the fourth president in South Korean history to be summoned by state investigators, after former presidents Roh Tae-woo, Roh Moo-hyun and ParkÃâà...
South China Morning Post
February 28, 2018
But, before responding to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's invitation for a summit meeting in Pyongyang, Moon needs to have all his ducks in a row, carefully studying the record and results of the two previous summit meetings held by former presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, in 2000 andÃâà...
NBCNews.com
February 28, 2018
By working towards restarting dialogue with Pyongyang, Moon harkens back to the legacy of Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun, two South Korean presidents who — between 1998 and 2008 — actively pursued a policy of rapprochement and reconciliation with the North. He does so for both pragmatic andÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
February 27, 2018
He served as head of the political division in the U.S. Embassy in Seoul during in the early 2000s, including when Roh Moo-hyun was president and his chief of staff was Moon Jae-in, the current president. It was Yun who wrote the now-famous diplomatic cable describing Choi Tae-min, the spiritual adviserÃâà...
Nikkei Asian Review
February 27, 2018
Park is the daughter of assassinated military ruler Park Chung-hee. Her father was South Korea's first former president to be arrested and indicted. Successors Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Tae-woo were both jailed on corruption and insurrection charges in the mid-1990s. Roh Moo-hyun, another ex-president,Ãâà...
CNN International
February 17, 2018
Pyeongchang, South Korea (CNN) South Korean President Moon Jae-in said Saturday it was too early to talk about hosting a summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, hinting he would not rush the matter. A high-level delegation from the North invited Moon to Pyongyang for talks with his NorthÃâà...
Artesia Daily Press
February 11, 2018
Perhaps the best comparison is to the man who Moon has called his “destiny,” and whose North Korean policy Moon is forever linked to: The late liberal president, Roh Moo-hyun. Moon was raised in poverty in Busan by North Korean parents who'd fled during the war. He was imprisoned as a young manÃâà...
The Economist
February 8, 2018
When Mr Moon was last in government in 2002, as an aide to the late president Roh Moo-hyun, over 80% of South Koreans supported a joint North-South entrance to the Asian Games in the South Korean city of Busan. The two countries were enjoying a detente, with Roh even visiting Pyongyang for aÃâà...
Lexington Herald Leader
December 31, 1999
Moon has vowed to build on the legacies of late liberal Presidents Kim Dae-jung and Roh Moo-hyun and their so-called "Sunshine Policy," which Moon had a hand in building. Seoul's economic inducements resulted in two summits with the North and a temporary rapprochement in the 2000s. Moon saysÃâà...
Honolulu Star-Advertiser
December 31, 1999
Moon may have learned how to balance the alliance with Washington and his outreach to the North from his time as chief of staff for late liberal President Roh Moo-hyun, who often had awkward ties with President George W. Bush over North Korea. “Moon realized why relations with the U.S. suffered duringÃâà...
Korea JoongAng Daily
December 31, 1999
Moon's strong rhetoric resembles his former boss and friend, President Roh Moo-hyun. The late liberal president used to say he would speak his mind to Washington. Roh's proud words appealed to the younger generation of Korea, a nation which, in the past, hardly went against the United States' wishes.
Yonhap News
December 31, 1999
2003 -- Roh Moo-hyun, a human rights lawyer-turned-politician, is inaugurated as South Korea's 16th president. 2004 -- The first round of six-party talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons program opens in Beijing. The disarmament negotiations, which involve the two Koreas, the United States, China,Ãâà...
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