Korean former president Roh committed suicide on Saturday. He was in office until February 2008 and ran a campaign and a presidency that was considered to be very clean in a country where bribes and scandals in the government are common. About six weeks ago it came out that he and his wife had taken bribes to the tune of at least $6,000,000 USD while he was president.
Today he and an aide went out for a walk in the mountains near his home and he threw himself off a 100 foot cliff. He died of head trauma.
One of my students was/is a strong member of his party (she's a polititian) and I know this must have affected her badly. I know what I'll be talking to my students about tomorrow . . . .
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