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[bryant]

President Roh of Korea was just impeached. He’d been tagged "the world’s first Internet president", mostly because his victory was driven by Internet activism.

Don Park has another take on the impeachment. He’s a smart guy and I trust his insights on the situation. KoreaTimes talks about what happens next.

Aside from the obvious “old school tears down the Internet generation” angle, I’m a bit concerned about the “tumult right next to North Korea” angle. Dunno how worried I should be, though. It’s not as if the opposition politicians hadn’t managed to handle the North Korean situation for quite some time before Roh came along. It’s mostly the uncertainty of not knowing who runs the country right now that bugs me.

There’s also something to be said about media coverage of South Korea versus media coverage of Spain, but I don’t know how to say it without sounding heartless. I think both the Madrid bombing and the impeachment are exceedingly important, and it bothers me that the Madrid bombing is front page news while the impeachment drifts to one side.

(How original! I’ve just discovered that media is tragedy-driven!)

Comments

[head58.livejournal.com]

I haven't paid close attention to the Korean news sites in a while, but I was reading them pretty religiously about two and a half years ago. This frankly sounds pretty par for the course from what I was seeing then. Threats of impeachment, charges of corruption and embezzelment, disgraced resignations etc seemed to be shockingly common, or at least that was my impression. Yes, an actual impeachment vote kicks things up a notch or three.

Chosun Ilbo was always my newspage of choice. It's tough to tell is a source is "fair and balanced" when you're not intimately familiar with that country's politics, but it seemed the best written I found. And had great downloadable clips of the latest hot Korean pop songs!

[jeregenest.livejournal.com]

And had great downloadable clips of the latest hot Korean pop songs!

Now I am truly frightened for the state of your soul.

[ronebofh.livejournal.com]

I keep wanting to see "President Ruh Roh".