62 Facts About Roh Moo-hyun

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Roh Moo-hyun was a South Korean politician and lawyer who served as the ninth president of South Korea between 2003 and 2008.

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Roh Moo-hyun achieved a large following among younger internet users, which aided his success in the presidential election.

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Roh Moo-hyun's election was notable for the arrival in power of a new generation of Korean politicians, the so-called 386 Generation.

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Roh Moo-hyun himself was the first South Korean president to be born after the end of Japanese rule in Korea.

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Roh Moo-hyun ran a duck farm and lived an ordinary life, sharing it through his blog.

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Roh Moo-hyun ran a website called "Democracy 2.0" to promote healthy online discussions.

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Fourteen months later, Roh Moo-hyun was suspected of bribery by prosecutors, and the subsequent investigations attracted public attention.

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Roh Moo-hyun died by suicide on 23 May 2009 when he jumped from a mountain cliff behind his home, after saying that "there are too many people suffering because of me" on a suicide note on his computer.

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Public opinion on Roh Moo-hyun has improved considerably since his death, which has taken into account his human rights background and national economic progress during his presidency.

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Roh Moo-hyun was born into a poor farming family on 1 September 1946, in Bongha Village near Gimhae and Pusan, in what is southeastern South Korea.

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Roh Moo-hyun's parents had three boys and two girls, and Roh was the youngest of his family.

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Roh Moo-hyun received high grades, but was quite often absent from school to assist his parents.

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Roh Moo-hyun tried to start a student movement against it, but was caught and suspended from the school.

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Roh Moo-hyun studied on his own to pass the bar exam in 1975.

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Roh Moo-hyun opposed the autocratic regime in place at the time in South Korea, and participated in the pro-democracy June Democracy Movement in 1987 against Chun Doo-hwan.

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Roh Moo-hyun was accused of 'unapproved interference in the case' and 'hindering the funeral'.

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Roh Moo-hyun was baptized as a Catholic in 1986 but then lapsed while continuing to identify as a Catholic, though later years he was non-religious while practicing a form of Mahayana Buddhism.

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Roh Moo-hyun entered politics in 1988 when he was invited by Kim Young-sam to join the Reunification Democratic Party.

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Roh Moo-hyun came to wider public attention with his cross-examination of the government over political corruption allegations in a parliamentary hearing.

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Roh Moo-hyun did not participate in the party and he criticized it as "betrayal against the democracy movement".

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In 1991, before the election of the national assembly, the Weekly Chosun posted an article that alleging that Roh Moo-hyun was a politician with hidden wealth.

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Roh Moo-hyun sued the company for defamation and won, but lost the election for his seat.

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Shortly after the election, Kim Dae-jung founded the National Congress for New Politics, but Roh Moo-hyun did not join.

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Roh Moo-hyun founded the new party with Lee Bu-Yeong, Lee Chul, Kim Won-Gi, and Kim Jeong-Gil, but before the presidential election, after the New Korea Party merged with the United Democratic Party, he decided to reconcile with Kim Dae-jung to 'bring the military government and their political heir into justice'.

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Subsequently, Roh Moo-hyun reconciled with Kim when he endorsed his candidacy in the 1997 Presidential election.

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In 2000, Roh Moo-hyun ran for the National Assembly representing Buk-gu and Gangseo-gu in Busan as part of a campaign to overcome regionalism in Korean politics, but was defeated.

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Roh Moo-hyun's supporters were inspired by his commitment to overcoming regionalism.

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In 2000, Roh Moo-hyun was appointed Minister of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries under Kim Dae-jung, and this position would constitute his major government experience prior to the presidency.

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Roh Moo-hyun got public attention when he participated in candidate election of his party.

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Roh Moo-hyun dubbed his administration the "Participatory Government," and entered office intent on introducing an ambitious new agenda.

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Roh Moo-hyun set the tone of his administration with a number of adventurous policies, and measures to uncover and reveal the names of the descendants of Japanese collaborators.

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Also in his first year in office, Roh Moo-hyun announced S Korea's Free Trade Agreement Policy Roadmap.

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Roh Moo-hyun successfully pushed for free trade agreements in spite of domestic opposition from his traditional leftist constituency and various groups opposed to market opening.

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Directly ahead of the National Assembly elections, Roh Moo-hyun voiced support for the Uri Party, which constituted a technical violation of Constitutional provisions mandating presidential impartiality.

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The National Assembly's attempt to impeach Roh Moo-hyun was largely opposed by the public.

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Roh Moo-hyun had made this promise during his campaign, and pursued its fulfillment, despite convincing few voters outside the Chungcheong region of the benefits of the move.

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Roh Moo-hyun's plan was then amended to the creation of an "administrative capital," though this plan has not yet seen completion.

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Roh Moo-hyun responded by dismissing criticism as "shameless mudslinging," and touted the achievements of his government in increasing national competitiveness, strengthening the economy.

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Roh Moo-hyun's unpopularity had become a liability for his party, and a new party was needed to disassociate from him.

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The remainder of Roh Moo-hyun's term was characterized by a number of campaigns pursued to varying degrees of success and completion.

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Roh Moo-hyun's rationale was that since it was impossible to continue his presidency with an approval rate of around 20 percent, a grand coalition comprising the Uri party and the Grand National Party was desirable, and that the difference between both parties in terms of political agendas was actually minute.

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Roh Moo-hyun promised he would yield much of his power and might even resign from office if a grand coalition was successfully launched.

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Many of the Uri party's supporters who identify as liberals were enraged at Roh Moo-hyun holding that his party was not really different from the conservative opposition.

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Roh Moo-hyun's plan was scrapped, having failed to garner support from either political faction.

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Roh Moo-hyun was perceived as an anti-American before the presidential race, which was not a handicap during the presidential campaign.

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The American soldiers involved were tried by a US Army court martial, but the Roh Moo-hyun administration continued to demand a South Korean trial, although the incident occurred 'on duty' and thus was an American responsibility under the Status of Forces Agreement between the United States and South Korea.

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However, except for the policy toward the North Korea, Roh Moo-hyun was supportive toward the United States.

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Roh Moo-hyun endeavored to improve relations with North Korea, becoming the first president to cross the border by foot and meeting Kim Jong-il.

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Roh Moo-hyun dispatched the Zaytun Division to support the US in the Iraq War by carrying out peacekeeping and other reconstruction-related tasks.

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Roh Moo-hyun explained the deployment as only a peacekeeping mission and claimed that such commitment was required to bring favor from the United States in resolving the North Korean nuclear crisis.

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In 2004, the Roh Moo-hyun administration reached an agreement with the US to move out all US forces in the capital to Camp Humphreys, a rural area far away from the capital or major cities, as he deemed the USFK's presence in the capital unnecessary and harming its reputation and development.

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In February 2006, Roh Moo-hyun announced that South Korea would initiate negotiations with the United States for a free trade agreement.

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Roh Moo-hyun issued two messages of condolence already on 17 April 2007.

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Chung Mong-joon, former leader of the ruling Saenuri Party, "The Roh Moo-hyun administration proposed that the US define Japan as a hypothetical enemy," at the Korea-US Security Consultative Meeting in Seoul in October 2005.

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On 7 April 2009, Chung Sang-Moon, the former secretary of Roh Moo-hyun was arrested on charges.

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From now on, the name Roh Moo-hyun cannot be a symbol of the values you pursue.

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However, former Presidents Chun Doo-hwan and Roh Moo-hyun Tae-woo were absent.

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Roh Moo-hyun died about 3 months before former President Kim Dae-jung died on 18 August 2009 of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome.

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Lee In-gyu, the former head of the SPO released his book on the involvements of the political corruptions surrounding the investigation against Roh Moo-hyun that led to his suicide.

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In 2010, a year after his death, the politicians who were Roh Moo-hyun's aides won the local elections and became the provincial government heads.

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In January 2012, Han Myung-Sook who had been one of the prime ministers in Roh Moo-hyun's tenure was elected party leader of the biggest opposition party, Democratic United Party.

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Roh Moo-hyun was ranked first in the 2019 Gallup South Korea survey asking for the greatest president.