Roh Moo-hyun won South Korea’s presidential election today. Roh’s platform was to do something about the huge industrial conglomerates in South Korea as well as continuing a reconciliation policy with North Korea. It appears the economic issues were the more important factor for the voters, who are accustomed to an erratic, belligerent North Korea. And let’s face it, nationalism is generally popular within any country; typically only elites ever adopt the odd anti-nationalist stance.
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Roh Wins in South Korea
Dec 19
