DEATH Former President South Korea

[kathleen34]

Those of us who watch The Road Home have noticed a streaming message regarding Roh Moo Hyun 's death in the mountains. I subscribe to a Korean magazine, KoreAm. According to the article, the death was a suicide. Despite his poor upbringing and non-traditional education, he rose to power. But alas, in April he was questioned by state prosecutors. The 10-hour questioning focused on accepting $6 million in bribes - resulting in the interrogation and arrest of several of his aides and family members, including his wife, children, and brother.

On May 23 he hurled himself off of a 100-foot cliff near his rural home ... he later died from head injuries at a Busan hospital. He was 62. H left a suicide note: " I can't begin to fathom the countless agonies down the road. The rest of my life would only be a burden for others"
Pretty sad.

[teacher]

How tragic!!! Embezzlers, con men, and thieves should face the music and be punished, but how sad that they feel suicide is the only way out.


Kathleen- is that magazine published in English or Korean? What type of material does it cover? I might be interested in subscribing. The two magazines that I subscribed to have both stopped publishing, due to financial difficulties.


Thanks

[kathleen34]

The KoreAm Joournal is in English .. wth lovely Korean script in various ads. Some of the JUNE articles:
Freeing Minds - San Quentin State prison is home to death row inmates ... and a Korean History course / A wonderful article on Korean Chefs (including one of the competitors for the FOOD Network, next star - Debbie Lee, who is very well liked by the judges)

The KJournal covers a wonderful variety of topics - art, science, medicine, current events, politics - accompanied by beautiful photos.

$28 (12 issues) 82 pages. When i signed up for this publication I was very concerned as to what language it would be in. I was very relieved to discover that it was English. It is published from Gardena, CA [phone]. Hope this info is helpful.

I know how shocked I was to read about the suicide of Roh Moe Hyun because that innocent little info stream on The Road Home made me believe it was an accident. Not so.

[teacher]

Thanks, Kathleen. I will contact them. I really miss the magazines that I had, although they mostly covered the entertainment/ modelling industries.

[ginnycat5]

Kathleen, thanks for the details. Very sad. I suppose his relatives were pretty happy for a while. He didn't make them take the money. sigh.